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enjoying Montana's great out oors.
nternationa Students.
Below is one International
Student's experience in Bill-ings
as told to Xiaoyi Wang. c- GBillings is a real
ly, really friendly
place. I took ten students
down to Jakes for dinner
There were some German
students, some from Slo
vakia and Africa, Ethio•
pia, Saudi Arabia, China
Japan. We were talking
about the school, about
different things in life, cul
ture stuff. Then this older
gentleman walked over to
me, and whispered, "Be.
tween you and I, I got your
ticket taken care of." I was
about to ask why, and he
said„ "Don't say anything
yet, I want to tell you a sto.
ry. When I was a young.
er man, I went to Germa•
ny for business. I ended
up in this tiny little town ,
and I didn't know the Ian •
guage. The people in that
town were so nice to me,
they took care of me re
ally well. Today, I see you
guys are from different
parts of the world, and
you ended up in Billings
for whatever reasons, but
welcome.
I want you to feel
December 7, 2012 4 www.MSUBretort.org Volume 88, Issue 6
PATRICIAIlA
Campus
pilETA CHI: MSUB WELCOMES BRAND NEW SISTERHOOD
Colleges and universi-ties
across the coun-try
are home to soror-ities
and sisterhoods, so why
not MSUB?
This is the very question
that the members of Alpha
Theta Chi (AOX) looked to
face and overcome this year
at Montana State Universi-ty
Billings. AOX is a new-ly
formed student organiza-tion
advised by Kristin Pe-terman,
Associate Director of
Student Life and University
Events, and run by a group of
eight officers, including pres-ident
Sarena Underwood (Ju-nior)
and vice president Clara
Escutia (Senior). Both Un-derwood
and Escutia came to
MSUB from Bakersfield, Cal-ifornia,
and are studying ed-ucation.
Underwood and Escutia
saw the community that ex-ists
on other college campus-es
with sororities and frater-nities
and wanted to be able
to start something similar at
MSUB. According to Under-wood,
a lot of students "don't
even know about a lot of the
clubs on campus. The main
ones that I see are HEROES
and the Dance Club because
they're out where people can
see them." It is important for
these young women to start
something and give girls that
"shoulder to cry on."
The name Alpha Theta Chi,
represented by the terms Pas-sion,
Love, and Excellence,
was selected for several rea-sons.
"Alpha" is representa-tive
of the first, in this case
the first Sisterhood of its kind
at MSUB. The Greek letter
Theta is circular, indicative of
the unity shared by its mem-bers.
Escutia explained that
the Sisterhood is meant to
strive for passion and love for
em • ers o A pia Theta C
one another, and excellence
in their academics and ev-eryday
lives. The colors rep-resenting
AOX are blue and
purple, and their mascot is
a hummingbird, and Under-wood
explained, "We fly to-gether."
Because MSUB is not na-tionally
affiliated with Greek
life, the women cannot tech-nically
call themselves a so-rority,
but rather a Sisterhood.
This Sisterhood will create a
home away from home for the
women involved. In addition,
the Sisterhood requires par-ticipation
in service activities,
so they will be benefiting the
community while positive-ly
representing the universi-ty.
Another hope is to bring
the student body together by
sponsoring events that appeal
to many students, and collab-orating
with other pre-exist-ing
student organizations.
Underwood and Escutia
also discussed their biggest
event for the spring semester.
Universities across the coun-try
often have what is called a
"Spring Sing," and AOX will
be bring this to MSUB in the
Spring of 2013. Spring Sing
will be an opportunity to pro-mote
other student groups and
individual students on cam-pus,
allowing them to partic-ipate
by performing dances or
vocals, among other opportu-nities,
and would be a "great
opportunity for different or-ganizations
to step up their
game" in preparation for this
public event.
All young women inter-ested
in being a part of AOX
must meet the 2.0 cumulative
GPA requirement, and main-thin
that standard throughout
their membership. Officers
are required to maintain a 2.5
GPA. Each semester dues will
be collected from each mem-ber.
This fall, dues were $30
per member, and will be in-creased
beginning in the
spring to $50 each semester.
These fees cover the costs of
shirts, socials, and other AOX
activities.
While some girls were
skeptical of joining at first,
there are currently eighteen
members of AOX with an es-timated
twenty additional in-dividuals
looking to join in
the spring. For more informa-tion
regarding Alpha Theta
Chi, feel free to email MSUB-AlphaThetaChi@
Gmail.com .
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ADJUST TO DIFFERENT CULTURE IN BILLINGS
CHRIS CLAUS
Online Echtor Life at MSU Billings
might seem pretty typ-ical
for you. After all,
Billings isn't too different
than any city of its size in the
United States. Sure, it's more
remote than those of you who
grew up on either coast are
used to but, all in all, it's or-dinary-
for most of you that
is. There is one group of stu-dents,
for whom, life here at
MSU Billings is anything but
typical.
There are currently 120 in-ternational
students, from ap-proximately
fifteen different
countries, studying at MSUB.
Not only do they have to ad-just
to the, at times, extreme,
cultural differences, they
also have to adapt to attend-ing
classes taught in a lan-guage
that may be their sec-ond,
third, or even fourth lan-guage.
Can you imagine what
it would be like, not only to
live in say, Korea or Saudi
Arabia, for a year, but to also
be expected to attend dai-ly
classes that are taught in
a language that you did not
grow up speaking?
As difficult as that may
sound, it's estimated that over
a quarter of a million Amer-ican
students, and over three
quarters of a million students
from other countries study
abroad every year. The two
biggest difficulties most peo-ple
have are language barri-ers
and culture shock; how-ever,
there are many benefits
to it. One of the biggest ben-efits
is that you become more
culturally aware- which, in
today's global economy, is a
huge plus.
I've taken the time to sit
down with some of the inter-national
students we are host-ing,
hoping to hear about their
experiences here at MSUB,
and have talked with a couple
people that work with them
day to day, doing their best to
help the students.
Karen Baumgart, the pro-gram
coordinator for the in-ternational
studies office,
works with students from the
very beginning, answering
their questions before they
apply, working with them
to get them enrolled and get
their visas approved. Her fa-vorite
part of the process is
meeting the new students
when they arrive, getting to
see, for the first time, people
she's worked with for so long
and finally getting to know
them. But, her involvement
doesn't stop there. She helps
them with everything from
getting over culture shock,
to working with various aca-demic
departments to help the
students succeed here.
Xiaoyi Wang, an exchange
student from China, has a lot
of experience as an MSUB
student from another country.
Coming from a town with a
population of around one mil-lion,
Xiaoyi has been here
for nearly six years. She
works closely with Karen
in the international stud-ies
office, and is in the
master's program for pub-lic
relations. When she
first arrived, the biggest
difficulty she had adjust-ing
to was speaking the
language. It's one thing.
to speak in a foreign lan-guage
amongst your class-mates,
but speaking to a
native speaker of that lan-guage
is something com-pletely
different.
Other international stu-dents
had similar prob-lems
adjusting to life
here. The language barri-er
was the most difficult
for most of them. Then
there is homesickness,
which most people have
experienced at one time
or another. Lack of pub-lic
transportation is anoth-er
problem. Most of these
students come from plac-es
where you can catch a
bus to anywhere, 24 hours
a day, and if you missed
your bus, there will be an-other
one in a few minutes.
One thing they all
agreed on is that Billings
is a very friendly place to
live.
Dan Carter
Leah Campbell
Vacant
James Dean Hickman
Jennifer Otis
Chris Claus
Patricia Hampton
Cory Lovec
Serene Crees
Tabby Maust
Paulina Carrillo
Tiff Hall
Ian Macmurdie
Kendra Carter
Holly Daniels
ROM
ICE 11111:111 courage you, Retort readers, to disregard
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in the back of the freezer. This time of
year is not about frantic, shopping-cart races
through Wal-Mart's aisles for 99 cent socks.
The season is about still sitting on grandpa's
frail knees and laughing until his teeth fall out,
and wearing that ragged, embroidered sweater
that you wouldn't dare throw away. The sea-son
is about making snow angels in stranger's
yards, elaborately frosted cookies made with
more love than sugar, strolls through the city
on crisp, winter nights, and packing the entire
family into one car to look at Christmas lights.
It is about building forts out of old boxes and
heirloom blankets and making memories that
last longer than the edible play-dough of hol-idays
past.
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the semester. It seems to me that the spirit of
the holidays is slowly fading into the abyss of
American consumerism and people are forget-ting
what the season is really about.
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off our porch lights on Halloween night. On
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IN YOUR BEST INTEREST:
FIRST SEMESTER WRAP-UP THE GLOBAL PEACE YOUTH CORPS OF MSUB
TACKLES DRUG ABUSE IN BILLINGS COMMUNITY
IAN MACMURDIE utes to the death of more than pounds of pills: many had a
Contributing Writer 300 Montanans per year, pre- street value of $100 each. Ev-
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Titual mission: One Corps (GPYC) of MSU Bill- three major drugs combined. pill that cannot do harm. Pills
PYC is a service orga- cupcakes.
nization with a spir- The Global Peace Youth times more deadly than these and disposed of properly is a
scription drug abuse is 15 ery pill taken off the streets
Family under God. We serve ings volunteered 6 hours Billings Police Officer flushed down the drain or toi-because
service is a means of on Saturday, October 20, to Thomas Keightley explained let can leach into the water ta-expressing
compassion, care help . a prescription drug to us the ways in which pre- ble and poison the water sup-and
concern for others who take back project organized scription drug abuse is a corn- ply. The Billings Police De-are
not just strangers but are by the Elks Club and Bill- munity wide problem. The partment currently destroys
valuable people who are part ings P.D. In Montana, there impacts are not limited just pills according to EPA regu- s papers, tests, finals, tingency fund, HEROES re-of
the family created by God are around 45,000 prescrip- to abusers or their families. lations in an incinerator. and the much-antic- turned to the senate meeting
that we all share in. We in tion drug abusers. In Yel- Breaking and entering, traf- We meet the first and third ipated winter break to report on their successful
the MSU Billings Chapter lowstone County, more youth fic fatalities, and other violent Thursday of every month in approach, so does the end to and educational experiences
• welcome anyone who wants have tried prescription drugs crime are all associated with the Yellowstone room at 5:15 the first semester of legisla- at the BACCHUS Conference.
to get involved or just check (without a prescription) than prescription abuse. Prescrip- p.m. Find us on Facebook @ tion for the Associated Stu- Billings Catholic Campus
us out to learn more about our have tried heroine, metham- tion drug abuse affects all de- http://www.facebook.com/ dents of Montana State Uni- Ministry submitted Financial
leadership development ini- phetamine, and cocaine corn- mographics of a community. groups/GPYCmsub/ versity Billings. It has been Bill #8, requesting $1000 to
tiatives, fun stuff, and free bined, and because it contrib- Ip 6 hours we collected 30 a semester of both challeng- travel to the St. Francis . Or-es
and triumphs. ASMSUB phanage in Philadelphia, PA HONORS STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH PROJECTS was faced with a lower bud- for a week of volunteering.
get than in previous years due ASMSUB President Isaiah
II to decreased enrollment at Garrison provided a Board of
the university. This, of course, Regents (BOR) update. The
had an effect on how much dishwasher discussed in pre-they
were able to award to the vious meetings (used in Rim-various
student organizations rock Café for fifteen years be-requesting
funding, and will yond its life expectancy) has
continue to affect the senate been approved by the BOR
during the spring semester. and will be replaced. In addi-
Senators have been elected, tion, the boiler needed for the
and have needed to step down Alterowitz building will be
for various academic and per- replaced. This boiler is one of
sonal reasons, leaving open two in the building, the first
positions to be filled when of which is no longer func-the
student body returns in tioning and has been kept
the spring. Since the penulti- for the purpose of salvaging
mate update of the semester, parts to repair and maintain
the senate has been moving at the second.
a fast clip toward that semes- Dylan German has been
ter-end finish line. hired to represent MSU Bill-
Recently, ASMSUB was ings as the lobbyist during the
approached by the Highlands upcoming legislative session
Elementary School Student this spring.
Honors Club member, Cory Lovec, (and The Retort's Council to propose partner- The most recent Senator
Sports Writer), presented his research on solid matrix i ing with MSUB for a fund- of the Month was voted upon,
luminescence of polycydic aromatic hydrocarbons in 1 raiser. The student senate has and Quincy Linhart was se-sugar.
I agreed to partner with High- lected.
lands, and will be working For more information re-with
them to organize a mov- garding ASMSUB, please
ie night in Petro Theatre in contact Valerie Sperry,
January. ASMSUB Office Manager, at
As required of student or- 657-2365.
ganizations who receive
funding from the student con-
PATRICIA HAMPTON
News & Campus Life Writer -11
PATRICIA HAMPTON
News & Campus Life Writer
Elevating excellence
has become an inher- week in November.
ent aspect of the Mon- This year's three student
tana State University Bill- presenters are veterans of
ings University Honors Pro- the process as they all pre-gram,
and is carried through sented in November 2011,
in events and programs ap- and included Senior Na-proved
by the Honors Club. than Baillet, and Juniors
On Tuesday, November 29 Cory Lovec and Patricia
at 6pm, one such event was Hampton.
held in the Beartooth Room Baillet travelled to Peru
of the Student Union Build- during the summer of 2012
ing. The- Honors Reflections and climbed to the site
and Research Presentations, of a sacred glacier. Dur-an
annual event sponsored by ing his presentation, Bail-the
Honors Club begun in No- let shared his experiences
vember 2011, featured the re- with the audience, and paid
search of three Honors stu- particular attention to the
dents. religious beliefs that incor-
The initial concept of the porate both Incan tradition
research presentations was and Christianity.
designed by the 2011 Hon- Lovec continued his re-ors
Student Advisory Council search on solid matrix lu-
(HSAC), the executive com- minescence of polycyclic
mittee for the Honors Club. aromatic hydrocarbons in
During the previous year, sugar glass under Dr. Mar-four
students had the oppor- lowe in the MSUB Science
tunity to attend the National Department, and present-
Conference for Undergradu- ed the developments at this
ate Research (NCUR) in Itha- year's presentations.
ca, New York. NCUR is an The third presentation,
annual conference hosted at a by Hampton, was entitled
different university each year, "Sociolinguistics: Gen-at
which students from across der in Instruction" and re-the
nation can come togeth- viewed the connection be-er
and make presentations on tween instructors and their
topics ranging from scientif- male and female students.
is research to dance perfor- The Honors Club is al-mances.
ready looking forward to
HSAC, in an effort to pre- expanding the presenta-pare
students from MSUB to tions next year to include
present at this conference, in- more student presenters
troduced the research presen- and a more versatile audi-tations
and opened the sub- ence.
missions to all Honors stu- For more information
dents. The tradition continued regarding the Honors Club,
this year, and submissions please email msub.hon- Left to right: Cory Lovec, Honors Club member, Patricia
were accepted from mid-Sep- ors@gmail.com . Hampton, Honors Club President, and Nathan Baillat,
tember through the second Honors Club member. 3-
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TREAT YOUR TASTE BUDS TO LOCAL SWEET SHOPS AROUND BILLINGS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
SERENE COES
AlE Weber
hat would Christ-mas
be like with-out
chocolate,
cookies and sweets? I decid-ed
I would do some detective
work and find the best shops
in Billings to fulfill your
sweet-tooth desires. It was a
messy job, but hey- somebody
had to do it.
Tipsy Cupcake
1001 Shiloh crossing blvd
suite 7
Who would have thought
that pink champagne could
taste so- good in a cupcake.
Tipsy Cupcake is famous
around town for its unique
blend of cupcake flavors. I
also enjoyed what they call
a cupcake shake; a milk-shake
with a cupcake blended
in. Apparently they have oth-er
cupcakes with a flavor you
would usually find in a mar-tini
or shot glass. I must say
I am excited to try those as
well. I highly suggest you get
over to Shiloh Crossing and
give their alcohol flavored
morsels a"shot"!
Candy Town USA
820 Shiloh Crossing Blvd,
Billings, MT 59102
One of my favorite places
to go growing up was the can-dy
store in Red Lodge, Mon-tana,
but since it was so far
away, we only got to go there
once or twice a year. However,
thanks to Candy Town USA,
you no longer have to venture
to the mountains to get the
amazing candy that you loved
so much as a child.
Candy Town USA has more
candy than any other candy
store in Montana and its fun,
old-school atmosphere makes
it far better than your average
candy story. They have a vin-tage
soda shop with real "soda
jerks!" They also have a wide
assortment of fudge and pret-ty
much any candy you loved
as a kid.
So, whatever you're crav-ing,
I'm pretty sure you can
find it there...AND it's a great
place to get Christmas pres-ents
for people who are hard
to buy for! The owner told
me about a deal on fudge that
is amazing...and it includes
some fudge for you PLUS free
shipping!!
Velvet Cravings
225 North Broadway
Downtowners have a new
place to curb their sweet
tooth cravings. On the cor-ner
of Broadway and 2nd Av-enue
North, there is a cute lit-tle
shop that is quick to catch
your eye. Velvet Cravings has
not been open long but they
are getting great reputation
for having out of this world
cupcakes!
So, Next time you are out
strolling the shops in our
adorable downtown, treat
yourself to a delectable, vel-vety
treat!!
Brockel's Chocolates
117 N 29th St, Billings
When you walk in to this
family-run candy shop, the
smell of chocolate, caramel
and other sweet scents tick-le
your nose and immediate-ly
your mouth begins to wa-ter.
Then your eyes devour the
sight before you as you are
tempted with every chocolate
treat you can imagine.
The Brockel family has
been around for 34 years and
as far as I know is the oldest
candy store in Billings.
This little shop has such a
homey feel to it and I know
I have many fond memories
going there as I grew up. It is
another spot in our beloved
downtown that has been a
constant over the years and
I know that it holds a spe-cial
place in our communi-ty's
heart. They are famous
for their Billings Chocolate
Mints and for their beautiful
handmade Christmas bows
and packaging.
All of these wonderful
shops are locally owned and
operated AND they all make
charitable contributions to
our community. From donat-ing
to the Shiners Hospital to
handing out cupcakes at nurs-ing
homes and hospitals, not
only do these places treat the
taste buds, but they treat the
heart; and that is the sweet-est
treat of all; The Christmas
Spirit!!
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For Grandma: Candy Town USA's assortment of vintage.•
.treats will bring Grandma back to the good old days. • •
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For Dad: Any of Brockel's Chocolate's homeade delights'
will
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For Mom: Tipsy Cupcake's unique flavors will favor well
with mom this year. She will especially enjoy their grass",
'-'hopper, drunken Irishman and signature pink cham-:
:pagne cupcakes after a long season of prepartion for the:
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'For Little Sister or Brother: The variety of gummy treats.
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• sold at Candy Town USA sure beats out visions of sug.•
•• ar plums.
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.:For Uncle Bob: Velvet Cravings Black Forest cupcakes:
:will be sure to settle Uncle Jim's stomach after a long:
:weekend of eating everything out of your fridge. •
:holidays.
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QDear Tiff,
I broke up with the
mother of my 5 year-old
son this year and this will
be the first Christmas we are
not together to celebrate the
holiday as a family. My son is
really upset that we will not
be together for Christmas this
year. I would be willing to put
aside my differences with my
ex for the day so that we could
all spend it together, but she is
not willing to. How can I help
my son deal with this transi-tion
and make Christmas en-joyable
for him again without
us all spending it together?
-Sad Dad
Dear Sad Santa,
I am very sor-ry
to hear about your
break-up. That in itself is
a very hard situation to go
through. I do applaud you for
your approach to this dilem-ma.
I'm sure it is difficult bal-ancing
your emotions while
trying to put your son first.
I am not sure what caused
the break-up or what the cli-mate
is between you and your
ex when your son is around.
However, I can tell you that he
is at an age where less is more.
It is ok to explain to him with
minimal detail that you and
his mother are no longer to-gether
but that it in no way is
his fault and that both of you
still love him very much and
are still there for him.
In addition, I would sug-gest
that you attend some
counseling together (you and
your ex) so that you can come
up with a game plan on how
you are going to raise him to-gether
now that you are no
longer a couple. There are
many counselors in town and
if you can't afford one, local
churches like Faith Chapel
offer free counseling. I would
also recommend that you seek
some counseling individually
and also for your son. It is im-portant
that you and you ex
deal with your residual feel-ings
towards each other so
that your son can feel secure
in this new situation. He also
needs an advocate for himself.
Right now, he may not be able
to voice to you or his mother
what he is thinking and feel-ing.
If he has a person he can
able to help him communicate,
then you will be able to have
greater insight.
As for specifically how to
handle the holiday itself, I
would recommend you and
his mother come up with an
agreeable compromise and
then communicate the plan
to your son. If children know
what is going on, they feel
more safe and secure. Also,
it may simply take time for
him to adjust. As painful
as it is to see your son hurt-ing,
sometimes all you can do
is comfort him and even cry
with him. Tears are healing;
and although I'm sure you
don't want tears to be shed
on Christmas, it could actual-ly
create a way for you to cre-ate
an even closer bond with
your son.
Dear Tiff,
I am an exchange
,student and am finding
the "holidays" here difficult.
We do not celebrate Thanks-or
Christmas where I
am from and so I am not re-ally
sure what to do. I lived
in the dorms the last couple
of years and went home for
break so I only was here for
Thanksgiving and just used
that extra time to study. But
now I have an apartment here
and am staying and working
through the break. So I will
be here for Christmas for the
first time. I have a few invites
to people's houses, and I want
to go but I don't want them to
be offended that I don't be-lieve
in or celebrate Christ-mas.
How can I participate
without actually celebrating
Christmas...without offend-ing
anyone?
-Confused Exchange Stu-dent
ADear Confused,
I think it is very
brave of you to want
to step outside your comfort
zone and experience holidays
in a new culture.
I'm sure that the peo-ple
who have invited you
know that you are not famil-iar
with many Christmas tra-ditions
and will be happy to
explain anything you don't
understand. Also, I am sure
they will be gracious if there
is something you are uncom-fortable
participating in.
The thing I found the most
helpful it to just sit back and
take everything in. Watching
and listening as an observer is
very acceptable. Just commu-nicate
with your host.
The great thing about our
country is that we are so di-verse.
There are so many dif-ferent
ways people celebrate
this holiday. For some it is a
very Spiritual Holiday, and
for others, it is simply a time
for family, food and fun.
So, I encourage you to en-joy
the experience and simply
let your friends know what
you are thinking and feeling.
talk to who is trained in being giving 4
ARTS CENTER
siuglj,INGS AliT WALK ENTERS 18TH SEASON He also encourages teach- keep our community rich
A&E Writer ers at the elementary, junior with the beautiful culture so
high and high School levels many have cultivated over the Sshows Billings has a season will feature numer- cellence. Giving youth more night of strolling the chilly
canning downtown and around downtown Billings. not to hold back in prepay- last century.
the surrounding area The final Art Walk of the ing children for artistic ex- When we participate in a
rich history of enjoying re- ous proteges of artist Hec- advanced skills and expo- downtown streets, enjoying'
fined culture. Though it has for Alvarado, including Allen sure to museums and other art free wine and beautiful art, it
taken different forms - some- Knows His Gun, Ben Pease, shows are investments that may be a great date night or
times in fashion, other times Jamie Benzel, Jason Zink, will yield dividends later in fun family time, but it is also
in architecture. music, or the Matt Shriner, Mike Medicine their lives, regardless of their an investment in who we, as
arts - over the 130 years since Horse, Travis Delp, and Wen- end path. As William Bennet, the Billings community, are
the birth of our fair city there dy Red Star (niece of famous = former U.S. Secretary of Ed- becoming, and the future of
has been a passion for excel- artist Kevin Red Star.) Much ucation put it, "The arts are our city.
lence that is in the very bed- of the art from these artists an essential element of edu- For maps and more infor-rock
of the Yellowstone Val- focuses on Native American cation, just like reading, writ- mation please visit their web-ley.
culture. but there are other ing, and arithmetic...music, site at http://artwalkbillings .
Entering its 18th season, styles as well and these artists BILLINGS dance, painting, and theater corn/
The Art Walk continues this have used a variety of media are all keys that unlock pro- here; it truly can be the
legacy. For many years art- to express their visions. found human understanding smallest things that bring the
ists and the community have I had the opportunity and and accomplishment." biggest change. So, thank you
been able to develop fellow- privilege to interview Mr. Al- I asked Hector how to be- to The Art Walk and all those
ship over fine wine and art, varado and one thing that he quality being the focal point; who laid this foundation of come one of his proteges involved; Small strokes truly
celebrating every medium stressed in our conversation if you consider yoUrself an excellence in him; Ben Steele, and he told me that there is do create the most beautiful
imaginable. This year was was how imperative it is for artist, it is important to know Brian, Caste, Connie Landise, now talk of creating an Art- paintings.
no exception and The Art artists "to be proficient in all your craft and to hone your art Neal Guslla, and the late Pe- ists Guild so that for years to For maps and more infor-
Walk will close out 2012 on mediums of art." One can en- to the best of your ability. ter Whitson-Warren. It is this come young artists can learn mation, visit their website
December 7 with free recep- gage in any artistic form for Hector shared that he had legacy that he has passed on from those who have gone be- at http://artwalkbill-tions
at 26 different locations pleasure or praise without many teachers and professors to his protégés. fore them. This will, in turn, ings.com/
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Hanukkah:
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MSUB Men's Bas-ketball
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17 Women's Bas-ketball
vs. Rocky
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Men's Basketball
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19Women vs. UM-Western
(Exhibition
Game) Men's Bas-ketball
vs. Montana
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Projectile Comedy
@ 8pm: NV Club $6 MSU Billings Mens
Basketball vs Seat-tle
Pacific @ 7pm
Flowers From Her
Holiday Reunion
Show @ 8pm: Rai-lyard
Ale House
Scour the store
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Christmas Day
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Laugh Juras-soff
Open Mic
Comedy @ 8pm :
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Jam at the YAM @
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New Years Day MSU Billings Bas-etball
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ARIES: MAR 20-APR 19
• Chinese finger trap: With relatives in town, you tend
• to get moody sitting around engaging in endless
•
• thing made of brown Corduroy, and blueberries.
•
• sage from a significant other or a distant relative.
• Your lucky items this month: The yule-log, any-keep
your feet in tip-top shape for a relaxing mas
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• arch of your feet. A good pair of kicks will
•
GEMINI: MAY 20-JUN 20
• A fake mustache. Born under the sign of the "twins," you often have two facets to your
• personality which makes it difficult for those around you to predict your mood. A fake
• mustache placed firmly on the upper lip will help them differentiate between your "Dr.
• Jekyll" and "Mr.Hyde" tendencies.
• CANCER: JUN 21-JUL 21 -
• A beverage. A hermit at heart. you find great anxiety
• in attending the countless holiday parties that bombard
•
• your calendar every December. Drinking at these holi-
• day parties will help you feel more comfortable and al-
• low you to discover the holiday spirit- but, unfortunate-
• ly you will not remember what it is or where it came
• from in the morning.
• The Retort's one and only horoscope writer is back after a year on haitus in Fiji watching dolphins and later to the
• Swiss Alps where she claims the infamous Chupacabra has claimed its nesting grounds. For The Retort's holiday
• issue, she agreed to grace Retort readers with some horoscopes. Below
• are items each zodiac sign REALLY desires as a gift this holiday season.
•* •• • • • • • • • • • • • *HOLIDAY HOROSCOPES • • • • • • • • • • •
PISCES: FEB 18-MAR19
Yodeling Lessons: Your skiing plans this
December will only be enhanced
by this new, exotic talent.
AQUARIUS:
JAN 20-FEB 17
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headband:
This is the gift for
you this holiday
season. You will
really be feeling
lucky at the next
holiday party wear-ing
this hot corn-midity
and the flash
of light every two to
three seconds will be sure
to catch everyone's
attention in the best way!
APRICORN: DEC 22-JAN 19
A white beard: People are often distrustful of
you and you find this very annoying. This sea-son,
invest in a white beard, real or fake. This
new adornment to your attire will have people
accepting, without question, anything and ev-erything
you say.
•
•
•
• small-talk about the weather, your life plan
• and why you never visit them. The Chi-
•
nese finger trap is the perfect gift for
you because it will keep you mindless-
• ly entertained for hours and can be eas-
• ily hidden in the front pocket of a snow-
• flake embroidered sweater. •:TAURUS: APR 20-MAY 19
• A new pair of shoes: Yet again, the luckiest
* LEO: JUL 22-AUG 22
SAGITTARIUS: NOV 22-DEC 21
A Chess Board: You are not very good at playing chess but you have an in-nate
ability to balance odd objects on your nose this month as Saturn is in
retrograde. Show off your amazing skills at the next work get-together and
dazzle your boss and co-workers.
SCORPIO: OCT 23-NOV 21
A Pet Rock: The holiday season sometimes leaves you feeling out of place
and lonely. A pet rock that you can decorate with glitter, tin foil and other
assorted craft items is just the thing to brighten your mood. Plus, your pet
rock will never flake out on you or give you dirty looks (unless you draw a
frowny face on it.)
LIBRA: SEPT 22-OCT 22
Fruit Cake: In a hit of ways, you are a lot like the holidy fruit cake. This is
the perfect gift for you and the thick. seasoned frosting, of which you will
gracefully peel off and devour in just under thirty seconds, will give you the
best sugar rush of the season.
• A neon fanny pack: They may not be in style anymore
• but you're just the person to bring them back! Invest
•
• your savings in outfits to match your fanny pack. You
• also have great potential to make the mullet cool again.
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•
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• with the smell of freshly-lit matches and campfires. A
• fire extinguisher will come in handy this season when
•• you attempt to cook.
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MSUB STUDENTS TAKE STEPS TO SAVE LIVES MSU BILLINGS
NEWS SERVICES with signature and a
quick swab of her
cheek, Jenna Sz-ramoski
took the first step to
saving a life on Tuesday.
The Montana State Uni-versity
Billings junior doesn't
immediately look like a the
stereotypical superhero, but
a few minutes at a bone mar-row
drive at the university
took her and some fellow stu-dents
a step closer to saving
someone with blood cancers
or life-threatening diseases.
Szramoski, a criminal jus-tice
major from Connecti-cut,
was one of 86 students,
faculty, staff and communi-ty
members who registered to
be bone marrow donors as a
part of the Be The Match pro-gram.
Be The Match operates
the world's largest listing of
potential marrow donors and
donated cord blood units to
help provide transplants to
patients who have blood can-cers
like leukemia and lym-phoma,
sickle cell and other
life-threatening diseases.
"I had given blood before
and wanted to do something
that would help save a life,"
Szramoski said.
The registration process
was handled by six nursing
students from City College
(formerly the College of Tech-nology)
as part of as service
learning project for their man-agement
class and coordinat-ed
by the MSU Billings Office
for Community Involvement.
The students were on hand at
the Student Union Building
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help
with paperwork and gathered
DNA swabs from the inside of
the cheeks of those who reg-istered
for the Be The Match
database.
Szramoski's process took
about five minutes from pa-perwork
to mouth swab. Her
information is now in a
worldwide database that will
be tapped when patients need
lifesaving marrow transplant.
If she is matched to a patient
in the future, she will be con-tacted
for further tests and
possible donation.
Sarah Krebs and Hol-ly
Kindsfather, two nursing
students gathered the swab
samples, worked to encour-age
passers-by to register, but
also signed up themselves.
"I think the more people
can do to make a difference,
the better," said Kindsfather.
Among those in attendance
at the drive a local girl whose
life was saved by a bone mar-row
transplant and her grand-mother
who has walked
across the country to raise
awareness for the life-saving
process.
The grandmother, Jeana
Moore, lives in Spokane and
became a bone marrow trans-plant
evangelist when her
5-year-old granddaughter was
born with acute myeloid leu-kemia
in 2007 and nearly died.
The little girl, Jada Bascom,
who now lives in Billings
with her parents, had to un-dergo
rounds of chemother-apy
and many blood transfu-sions
just to keep her alive.
The key to saving her life,
however, was a bone mar-row
transplant. Nobody in the
U.S. was a match, but a man
in Germany provided the
match that saved young Jada's
life. As a gesture of gratitude,
Moore has walked across the
United States and parts of Eu-rope
to raise awareness and
bone marrow registrations.
She even arranged for the do-nor,
Torsten Huber, to come
to the United States and meet
Jada. All three were at the
university on Tuesday to en-courage
others to sign up for
the Be The Match registry.
For more information on
service learning done by stu-dents
through the Office for
Community Involvement,
contact Jenny Randall at 896-
5827 or by e-mail at jenni-fer.
randall@msubillings.edu .
For more information on the
Be The Match program, go to
http://marrow.org/.
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CAMPUSES: A GOOD IDEA?
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PAUUNA CARRILLO
Columnist Sharing bathrooms is that "it just wasn't a big deal.
something we all do. No one walked around naked,
Sharing a bathroom and no one ever saw anything.
happens at home, the mall, It was a little awkward for the
restaurants, truck stops, and first couple of days, but then
almost everywhere else you everyone got used to it. It defi-can
imagine. Normally, this nitely freaked out our parents,
kind of sharing occurs be- though,"
tween individuals of the same The question for those of
sex, unless you live with you who live in the dorms is,
family member of the oppo- would you be for or against
site gender. having co-ed restrooms and
But, what about those col- showers at MSUB?
lege campuses that have co- Jon Biegel, an MSUB Ac-ed
bathrooms? Because shar- counting major shared his
ing public bathrooms with opinion with us, stating,
members of the opposite sex "There should not be co-ed
is not something we are all bathrooms on campus sim-normally
used to, does this ply because no one would use to you shouldn't be an addi- a meeting where all of the stu-rule
make these colleges mor- them, both sexes like their tion. Plus, I'm not sure how I dent residents will vote anon-ally
wrong? In my point of privacy, and because it in- feel about washing my hands ymously on having co-ed
view, I don't really care. As creases the potential of sexual next to a urinal." bathrooms. Under this rule, it
long as there are doors or cur- assaults on females." I guess it depends on the only takes one student vote to
tains, everything should be MSUB international stu- opinion of the campus as a prohibit the use of co-ed bath-fine.
I'm not sure how I would Campuses with co-ed re- co-ed bathrooms on campus
dent Asif Iqbal stated, "I think
strooms and showers in- is a bad idea. I don't think I feel about washing m
dude M.I.T, UC Berkley, and would feel comfortable using hands next to a urinal.
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Green Mountain College. As the toilet when there is a girl
I was reading through mes- in the stall right next to me. I
sage boards and articles stat- would personally avoid a co- -Mandy Warren
ing the opinions of some of ed restroom." whole. If the students agree rooms. For example, if all but
the students of these colleges, Mandy Warren, English that sharing restrooms or one student vote yes on shar-
I found that most of them had major at MSUB, answered, "I bathrooms in such a way is ing showers and toilets, then
positive feelings about co- feel it's a bad idea. College fine, then go ahead and al- co-ed restrooms will not be
ed bathrooms. For example, is stressful as is when you're low it. Some campuses have allowed. If you ask me, that
one student whose university a freshman, and worrying a rule that requires all the is probably the best way for a
had co-ed bathrooms stated about who is in the stall next floors from each dorm to hold college to handle this.
"--444100,
CONSERVATIVES: CO-ED BATHROOMS ON COLLEGE'
WE'RE NOT ALL
THAT BAD KENDRA CARTER
Contril3uting Writer
Looks like I have a nem- tool or a sounding board on
esis in Ayn Onymous. policy, philosophy and princi-
I was surprised by his/ ples. This can all be done very
her inability to accept criti- easily without attacking any-cism,
but not really. And now one...except statists.
the tension has spilled over to So what do I believe in?
my personal Facebook page Primarily: constitutionally
as well. I won't bore you with restrained government, self-the
details, but now he/ she ownership, private proper-knows
who I am, yet he/she ty, free markets and volun-is
still hiding behind the mask tary interaction with others.
of anonymity. That doesn't I am against the use of force
seem fair, now does it? It's against any individual, un-easy
to smirk and jab behind less their life or property is at
a computer, or write under a stake. This includes taxes; tax
pseudonym. It's not easy to is a method of force used to
publicly bare your opinion as obtain the products of your la-
I have done. bor which no one should be en-
I feel I should also clarify titled to unless the individual
to everyone that I don't con- willingly allows. I do not be-sider
myself a Republican. I lieve in collectivism, which is
work with Republicans and classifying any group of peo-how
I ended up doing that was ple by a characteristic. This I
based on strategy for person- includes sex, race, sexual ori-al
reasons. I'm certainly con- entation or religious beliefs.
servative; I could be consid- All individuals are entitled to
ered a Libertarian, or, to get the same rights as everyone
more radical, an anarcho-cap- else. No group deserves spe-italist.
But even those labels cial rights, because liberty is
fail to characterize all my be- universal to ALL people. I bet
liefs. I'm somewhat of a polit- some of you are surprised to
ical outcast. I'm no stranger hear such things coming from
to personal attacks for having a conservative. We're not all
different views. I get verbally that bad.
admonished from both sides I would like to expand
frequently. I'm used to it and more on the above topics, or
I
usually enjoy a good debate. I speak about others, but time
don't want to fight. My prob- and space are an issue. If The
lem with Ayn Onymous's col- Retort and its readers would II ARRE WAYS TO DIE umn is that it is merely an ex- like to hear more, I will glad-tension
of his/her ego. I would ly oblige. It will prove to be a PAUUNA CARRILLO Chris Hill suspects that the physical battle, attempting to
much rather see a conserva- refreshing departure from the I ------ R camel was trying to have sex shake the machine until it spit
tive column used as a teaching negativity of Ayn Onymous. Columnist with the woman. out its wares. In a total TKO,
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Grundman fired the shot that birthday present. The ten alent has been made about
brought down a four foot- month-old male, not educat- these killers, vending ma-long
arm of the cactus, kill- ed about proper party pro- chines are actually deadlier
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VIEltrael/FINICI
.BLACK FRIDAY: A SUPER BLACK FRIPAY: THE MOST
FUN EXPERIENCE DISTURBING TIME OF THE TEAR
Contributing Writer out of Black Friday? Sure you
might get a great deal on a
consoles which are apparent- TV or a new WiiU, but is that
ly in short supply on one day what you want your family to
out of the year. Shops have remember when they think of
become so eager for these the Holiday season?
mad shoppers to spend all of Would it not be better
their money at their store that to find gifts for people that
they started opening up earli- are actually meaningful in-er
and earlier. First it was 6:00 stead of mass produced junk?
am but then they noticed that Maybe instead of skipping
people were lining up out- Thanksgiving dinner to get a
side the door before then, so cheap tablet computer, people
they started opening at 5:00 should bake special cookies,
or 4:00: Last year many of the or make ornaments that have
big box retailers decided to a special message, or go to a
open at midnight on Thanks- craft fair and find something
giving. This year was even individual for each person.
worse, many retailers were Maybe instead of giving gifts
opening the night of Thanks- you could make a donation
giving and staying open all to a charity in a loved one's
night with door buster sales name. Think to yourself be-and
limited quantity items fore buying something, "Does
and trampled customers. this person really need a new
The problem is that all of pair of $20 headphones? Are
this is nothing but blind con- they even going to remember
sumerism. People are taking who gave them these?"
time away from their fami- There were several peo-lies
and forcing the employes ple missing from my Thanks-to
take time from their fami- giving festivities this year be-lies
just so they can save a lit- cause they either had to work
tle money on something they the sales or they were waiting
don't even need. Every year in line for those same sales.
people are injured or even Wouldn't it be better to stay
killed by mobs of people all home and spend quality time
clamoring over the same mer- with those you love? If peo-chandise.
This year two peo- ple would just stop showing
ple were shot after arguing up for Black Friday door bust-over
a parking spot. That's er sales, retailers would stop
right, Black Friday has be- doing them. That way you get
come so known for violence to stay home with your family
that people are now bringing and the employees get to have
guns to shop with them. So the Holiday off of work, like
what do consumers really get it should be.
PAUUNA CARRILLO
Columnist -- — --R the Thanksgiving celebra- Hunting for great buys tion, some people go out with or some reason Black
late on Thanksgiv- gument to these people is, so their family members to take Friday has become the
ing night or early the what? Seriously, if you do not advantage of the sales. After traditional time of year
morning after has become an like the whole idea of shop- all, isn't spending time with to skip dinner with your fam-
American tradition, known by ping at 8pm on Thursday, then your family and being grate- ily and friends in order to
many as Black Friday. Per- simply do not go out at that ful for everything the whole stand in line in the freezing
sonally, I love Black Friday. It time. No one is forcing you point of Thanksgiving? You cold, risk death and dismem-is
a fun experience, the sales to take part in Black Friday. If can still do that while shop- berment, and spend money
can be really great, and it is people want to be consumers ping, or, like most people, you you don't have all in the name
even fun to just watch the and throw their money away can just do that before Black of having some piece of junk
people go crazy. Needless to on stuff they probably don't Friday starts. that will be obsolete in a year.
say, Black Friday can also be even need, then let them. Of course, there will al- Since the junk that people
used as an excuse to spend Although Black Friday ways be people who are buy this year will be obsolete,
a lot of money on clothes or does begin earlier each year, it against extreme consumerism broken, or worn out by next
whatever it is that you want doesn't really intervene with and Black Friday. All i can say Black Friday, they will have
without feeling guilty. the Thanksgiving day itself. is too bad for them. Like it or an excuse to go out and do it
Although I love Black Fri- In fact, it acts as an addition not, Black Friday will be an all over again. So why do we
day even when I am broke, to it. Who said that Thanks- event that will keep happen- subject ourselves to this tor-many
people believe that the giving must consist only of ing every year, so might as ture?
idea of Black Friday is start- being at home with the fami- well start accepting it. Who Black Friday has been
ing to take away from the ly and stuffing your face with knows, maybe you love it af- hailed by the media as the
Thanksgiving holiday. My ar- turkey? Nobody. To extend ter actually experiencing it! busiest shopping day of the
year. In a self perpetuat-ing
cycle, retailers then offer
sales to get more shoppers to
come it, which makes it busi- RIGHTS? er, which means the media re-ports
on how busy it is, and so
on and so on. Many retailers
health of anyone but their .us- report record sales on Black
ers, expose anyone else to sec- Friday and now online retail-ondhand
smoke, or cause lit- ers are beginning to get in on
ter? Survey says: They don't! the sales with "Cyber Mon-
This ban is not, in whole, day." It used to be that the
about creating a healthy envi- day after Thanksgiving was
ronment for all of MSUB stu- busy for shoppers, Thanks-dents;
if it were, I wouldn't giving does give a convenient
have a problem with it. As reminder that Christmas is
it stands, all you are doing just around the corner, but
is bullying the minority of now Black Friday has turned
MSUB students that are ad- into mobs of people clamor-dicted
to nicotine. Once the ing over televisions and game
majority starts forcing their
views on the minority, when
it comes to something that
has absolutely no effect on
co is defined as all tobacco- the majority, you go from try-derived
or containing prod- ing to make this a better place,
ucts, including, but not lion- to being a totalitarian regime.
ited to, cigarettes (clove, bi- As it stands right now, you
dis, kreteks), cigars and cig- can go in your dorm room,
arillos, hookah-smoked prod- and drink yourself into obliv-ucts,
and oral tobacco (spit ion (Part VIII Sec. A(2) Stu-and
spitless, smokeless, chew, dent Handbook), as long as
snuff). Additionally, any nic- you're over 21, but you can't
otine delivery device that enjoy an electronic cigarette,
has not been approved by the which releases nothing but
FDA for cessation is included harmless water vapor into the
in this policy. air.
Since when does the use Does that seem right to
of snuff or e-cigs affect the you?
TOBACCO FREE: FOR A SAFER ENVIRONMENT,
OR INFRINGEMENT OF
CHRIS CLAUS
BIG BROTHER
Online Editor Ihe tobacco ban that
went into effect this
August was no sur-prise
to returning students.
We heard about it for most of
the previous year. First, there
was that ridiculous "open fo-rum"
that was only quietly ad-vertised
enough to say it was
advertised, then there were
the surveys, the signs, and,
if memory serves, there was
even a letter sent out.
A smoke-free environment
sounds like a lofty goal. Even
when I used to smoke (up to
two packs a day for around 10
years), I didn't like breathing
someone else's smoke. I will
concede that there are indeed
health concerns associated
with both smoking and sec-ondhand
smoke, and that the
school grounds have looked
better than ever without cig-arette
butts littering the place.
But, none of that is at the
heart of the issue, is it?
According to the tobacco-free
campus policy, "Tobac-
Is MIMING
41100 BLACK FRIDAY
BRANDED POLO SHIRTS A GOOD USE
OF STUDENT FEES? I THINK NOT!
HOLLY DANIELS
ith the amount of chase. What's even worse, the the members of the financial
complaining that ASMSUB Vice President, Nik board get their own polos?
goes on about friv- Wong, was unhappy with how What about the publications
olous spending and increased the polos turned out and is board?
budget requests, you would now spending more time and Where does this spending
think that ASMSUB would be resources sending them back frenzy end? Will they be buy-the
last organization on cam- and having them redesigned. ing their lobbyist a Gucci suit
pus to spend money on unnec- Is the ASMSUB going to just next or a flat screen television
essary uses. Sadly, that is not eat the approximately $700 and subscription to Sports
the case. it spent on the first batch of Center for the president?
Instead of using their shirts? They might be able to I demand a complete au-funding
to do something get some of it back, but how dit into the spending habits
that benefits the students of much are they flushing down of ASMSUB and its officers,
MSUB, they seem to think - the drain all because some- but I'd also settle for a brand-that
ASMSUB branded polo body with too much "SWAG" ed polo of my own, preferably
shirts would be a good pur- wasn't happy with them? in an off-shade of navy blue.
CHRIS CLAUS
Online Editor
What's next? Different po-los
for the executive offic-es
versus the senators? Do
9
FANS CAN NOW INTERACT WITH YELLOWJACKET BASKETBALL
AISU
IASI* Ming= montana State University Billings' women's and men's basketball fans can now inter-act
with home broadcasts during the game.
If you have a question or comment during a Yellowjacket home contest, you can
now e-mail the "Live at the Hive" broadcast team of Jeff Rosenberry and Jacob Letman and
your question or comment will be shared during the game.
"This is a great way for fans to get involved in the game," Rosenberry said. "We love broad-casting
the games, but we have always felt the fans could get involved more. We encourage
MSUB fans to get involved with this."
E-mails can be sent at anytime, and Rosenberry and Letman will field the e-mails during
the games.
Please send all e-mails to gamenight@msubillings.edu
SPORTS e
CRATTON LEADS YELLOWJACKET MEN'S WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OPEN GNAC PLAY
MSU BILLINGS
BMSASKETBALL TO WIN IN HAWAII MSUB Athletics U BIWNGS
MSUB Athletics
he Montana State Uni-versity
Billings' men's
basketball team picked
up a 67-61 win over Western
New Mexico University in the
opening game of the Naniloa
Volcanoes Resort Thanksgiv-ing
Tournament Monday.
The Yellowjackets (2-1)
were led by Jarrell Crayton's
game-high 19 points. The se-nior
finished 7-for-13 from
the field. David Arnold add-ed
10 points for MSUB. Rob-by
Trabing and Cameron Cus-worth
combined for 16 re-bounds,
with both grabbing
eight. The GNAC-leader in
assists, Kalob Hatcher, dished
out a game-high five assists.
Montana State Billings
was outshot, as WNMU fin-ished
39.2 percent from the
field, while the Yellowjackets
were 39 percent. MSU Bill-ings
had a 38-37 rebound ad-vantage.
MSUB made its last
field goal with 2:59 left in
regulation, but hit key free
throws in the final minutes.
Hatcher finished 6-for-6 from
the free-throw line.
The Mustangs held MSU
Billings to 22 percent shoot-ing
from behind the perim-eter.
WNMU made six of its
20 three-point attempts. As a
team, MSUB made 15 of its
24 free-throw attempts, com-pared
to the Western New
Mexico's 15-for-20. The Mus-tangs
also had a slim 10-8 as-sist
advantage. Montana State
Billings committed a season-high
19 turnovers, but forced
25 WNMU turnovers.
"I'm proud of how our
guys fought in the second
half," MSUB head coach Ja-mie
Stevens said. "It was just
one of those games where we
couldn't make shots. Our de-fense
kept us in the game, and
probably won it for us. With
our style of basketball, if we
don't make shots, it's diffi-cult
to win. Maybe it was the
nine hours of traveling yes-terday
that caused us to be so
cold, but we don't make ex-cuses.
We just have to go out
and play."
Western New Mexico
jumped out to a 12-5 lead to
open the game. MSU Billings
answered with an 11-2 run
over the next four minutes to
take a 16-14 lead. With the
Yellowjackets leading 22-17
with 8:22 left in the first half,
the Mustangs had their own
run ready, coming back with
a 6-0 spurt with Ryan Crane
starting the rally with a jump-er.
After the teams tied at 27
Photo by MSUB Media Relations
at the 4:43 mark of the first
half, WNMU dominated the
rest of the half, and took a 34-
28 lead into halftime. T
The Mustangs started the
second half on a 7-4 run, in-cluding
a 5-0 stretch, to give
WNMU their largest lead, 39-
30 with 18:31 to go in the
game. Trailing 41-32, the Yel-lowjackets
scored the next
nine points to tie the game at
41. MSUB continued its mo-mentum
and took a 47-44 lead
with 10:49 remaining in reg-ulation.
The game's seventh and fi-nal
tie, 53-53, came at the
6:27 mark of the second half.
Montana State Billings slow-ly
pulled away in the final six
minutes, making a decisive
12-5 run in the final six min-utes.
Western New Mexico was
led by Juan Suarez and Brelan
Berry. Both finished with 13
points. Andy Sohlich added
12 points for the Mustangs (0-
2). Chad Carter had a game-high
nine rebounds. Mer-le
Branch threw five assists.
WNMU led by as many as
nine points just into the sec-ond
half.
After winning the
2012 Yellowjack-et
Classic, the Mon-tana
State Billings women's
basketball team is geared up
and ready to enter their Great
Northwest Athletic Confer-ence
schedule this weekend.
The Yellowjackets will host
Central Washington Univer-sity
and Northwest Nazarene
University on Thursday and
Saturday.
MSUB is currently 4-2
overall and on a two game
winning streak. This past
weekend the Jackets defeat-ed
Dixie State College of
Utah 91-87 in a highly com-petitive
bout that went into
overtime on Friday, Nov. 23.
Junior guard Bobbi Knud-sen
scored a career high 33
points to go along with eight
rebounds, five assists and
three steals.
Following their game
against the Red Storm, the
Jackets put together a dom-inating
performance Satur-day,
Nov. 24 against Notre
Dame de Namur Universi-ty,
where MSUB won 80-44.
Senior guard Brooke Tolman
shot the ball well from out-side,
leading all scorers with
19 points.
Knudsen, Kayleen Gog-gins
and Tolman all received
all-tournament honors for
their efforts in the Yellow-jacket
Classic. Colorado
State University-Pueblo's
Ericka Hicks, Dixie State's
Johnna Brown, and Notre
Dame's Charnisha Bradley
had solid outings over the
weekend also earning all-tournament
selections.
Scoring 44 total points en
route to helping MSUB cap-ture
two victories; Knud-sen
was awarded the tour-nament's
most valuable play-er
award, and the Red Lion
GNAC Player-of-the-Week.
She currently leads all scor-ers
in the conference with
a 19.0 per game average.
Knudsen also leads the team
in assists with 35, and is tied
for the lead in steals with 13.
All of the Yellowjackets'
starters average eight or more
points per game, with Gog-gins
and Quinn Peoples av-eraging
12.3 and 11.5 respec-tively.
Janiel Olson continues
to remain a force on the class,
leading the team with 43 re-bounds.
Sophomore guard Annie
DePuydt has provided quality
depth in the back court, corn-ing
off the bench to average
6.5 points and 3.8 rebounds
per game.
MSUB has slightly out-rebound
their opposition this
season, grabbing 37.8 per
game compared to their oppo-nents'
36.8. The Jackets have
been tenacious on defense,
with a total of 63 steals and
forcing teams into 19.3 turn-overs
per game.
Central Washington comes
into the Magic City with a 3-2
overall record, losing their
most recent two contests. One
of their losses came at the
hands of Metropolitan State
University of Denver, who
was ranked No. 24 in the Nov.
20 USA Today Sports Divi-sion
II Top 25 national poll.
The Wildcats have a bal-anced
scoring attack with
five players averaging seven
or more points. Ally Schmitt
leads the team in scoring, tal-lying
15.2 per game, and as-sists
with 20 on the season.
She also has 27 rebounds, one
away from Amber Moser and
Jessica VanDyke who are tied
for the team lead.
Central Washington was
projected to finish seventh in
the GNAC this year, so they
will be inspired to come away
with a road victory and end
their two game losing streak.
The Yellowjackets and Wild-cats
will square off on Thurs-day,
Nov. 29 at 7:00 p.m.
After competing with Cen-
Photo by MSUB Media Relations
tral Washington, MSUB will
compete against Northwest
Nazarene on Saturday, Dec. 1
at 7:00 p.m. Northwest Naz-arene
is a very talented team,
that were picked to finish
sixth in the preseason coach-es'
poll. The Crusaders are off
to a hot 5-0 start with their
last victory coming over Met-ropolitan
State on Nov. 24.
In the Nov. 27 USA Today
Sports Division II Top nation-al
poll, Northwest Nazarene
received eight votes for con-sideration
of being ranked.
The Crusaders are also play-ing
well on the road with
three of their victories corn-ing
on their opponent's site.
MSUB will have a chal-lenge
in the backcourt, the
Crusaders' junior guards Me-gan
Hingston and Luke Chel-sie
average 16.0 and 15.6
points per game respectively.
Hingston also leads the team
in rebounding with an 8.4 per
game average.
As a team, Northwest Naz-arene
averages 70.2 points
per game with a .404 shoot-ing
percentage. On the glass
they average 47.4 rebounds,
and are active defensively av-eraging
6.8 steals per game.
One area the Yellowjackets
will look to take advantage of
is turnovers, as the Crusaders
average 17.6 per contest.
"It will be a great challenge
for our team to open GNAC
play against Central Wash-ington
and Northwest Naza-rene,"
stated head coach Kev-in
Woodin. "Both teams are
off to great starts this year
and have very athletic and
talented teams. We will need
to execute on both ends of the
floor in order to come out on
top."
If Yellowjacket fans are
unable to attend these events
they can catch all of the ac-tion
live through our web
streaming link listed above.
SPORTS
CORNER
CORY LOVEC
Sports Writer
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SPQR ECREATION
TWITTER IN SPORTS PERFECT SEASON IN SIGHT:
CORY LOVEC NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL 2012-2013
Sports Writer
Ihe sporting world is
changing before our
eyes. Technology, par-ticularly
social media, has
made professional athletes,
coaches, and owners more
in touch with their fans than
ever before. Twitter, Face-book,
Skype, and other social
media websites have provided
an outlet for professional ath-letes
to voice their opinions
on certain topics - everything
from the Presidential elec-tion
to their thoughts on other
athletes. The increased popu-larity
of Twitter in the sport-ing
world is apparent when
searching "Twitter in sports"
on Google, which produces
2.89 billion results. Converse-ly,
searching "Barack Obama"
will result in only 949 million
results.
Twitter was launched July
15, 2006. In the six short years
since its inception, it has be-come
a worldwide phenome-non.
SportsCenter on ESPN
can't go longer than a few
minutes without referencing
a hash tag or reading an ath-lete's
tweet. (Sidebar, Twitter
has become so popular that
just recently a couple named
their child "Hashtag!") In-stant
access to the internet
and a way to instantaneous-ly
voice opinions combined
with the sometimes question-able
decision-making of many
athletes has allowed for some
has made for much back-tracking
and "insert foot into
mouth" moments because of
lowers. The world is watching.
So is Twitter good for
sports? Well, it does allow for
an increased fan-athlete expe-rience,
and even allows some
other figures (owners, manag-ers,
etc.) who may not get as
much notoriety as the players
an opportunity to voice their
opinions as well. One of the
downfalls? Twitter has been
involved in many famous
"sporting quarrels" between
athletes, and has also been in
a state of constant regulation;
teams (and leagues in gen-eral)
have set rules for when
athletes can tweet, prompted
by what may be the most fa-mous
Twitter-related incident
in which NBA player Char.-
lie Villanueva tweeted at the
halftime of his own basket-ball
game, referencing things
the coach said to the team
and what he himself need-ed
to do better. So, is Twitter
good for sports? The answer:
it depends on your perspec-tive.
Older people and more
traditional fans have become;
annoyed and frustrated with
this increased usage of it, not
only by the athletes but by the
networks (i.e. ESPN) as well.
However, with the populari
ity of Twitter, it is not going
anywhere, so whether or not
Twitter is "good" for sports
or not becomes a moot point.: Twitter is here to stay. 1
In what may have been
one of the more surpris-ing
moves in the NBA,
the Los Angeles Lakers fired
head coach Mike Brown only
five games into the season.
He was said to have been the
"wrong fit" for the team, and
thus a different coach who
could handle the superstar-filled
Lakers roster would
do much better. The obvious
choice for new head coach?
"Phil Jackson!" the Laker Na-tion
screamed. And as inevi-table
as that seemed, the Lak-ers
passed up on their former
cally losing head coach Mike
D'Antoni, who promised to
bring the Lakers back to the
"Showtime Lakers" of the '80s
with his high-scoring offens-es
and historically poor de-fenses.
Phil Jackson will in-stead
be watching the games
from his home. Here are a few
stats and facts about the man
the Lakers passed on:
-In 1996, Phil Jackson won
the NBA Coach of the Year
award. Surprisingly, it is the
only time he received the
award in his distinguished
career.
ents were both Assembly of
God ministers, and it was as-sumed
that when he grew up
he would be the same.
•Phil Jackson has the best
winning percentage of any
coach in NBA history (.704),
and also has won the most
NBA Titles of any coach in
history, with 11 rings (5 with
the Lakers, 6 with the Bulls.)
•Jackson was also the coach
for the Bulls when they set
the record for regular sea-son
wins in a season, when in
1995-1996 the Bulls went 72-
10; the next season, the Bulls
went 69-13, making this the
best two-year stretch in NBA
history as well.
-As a player from 1967-
1980, Jackson accomplished
much for himself. He was a
two-time NBA Champion
(1970 and 1973 with the New
York Knicks).
-Including his days as a
player, Phil Jackson holds the
distinction of having the most
Located in South Bend,
Indiana, Notre Dame
is an independent
football program that com-petes
at the NCAA Foot-ball
Bowl Subdivision. The
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
have had a rich tradition of
winning football, including
13 national championships -
second to Alabama out of all
FBS schools post-1900 and
third all-time behind Princ-eton
and Yale. Notre Dame
has also had a record seven
different Heisman Trophy
recipients, along with a re-cord
96 consensus All-Amer-icans,
and 32 unanimous
All-Americans. Notre Dame
has also done well sending
their players into the NFL,
in which there are 10 Notre
Dame alumni who have been
elected to the Hall of Fame -
most notably Joe Montana -
and 56 former alum who are
currently playing. Yes, Notre
Dame has been a very good
football program to say the
least. However, this histor-ically
relevant program has
not really been so in the
past twenty years, and the
school's last championship
was in 1988.
Many wonder if Notre
Dame could ever come back
into relevance, especially
with the current BCS system
in place in the NCAA. Notre
Dame does not play in a con-ference,
and thus cannot be
recognized as a "conference
champion!" Also, there has
NBA Championships total,
with 13 (two more than the
next closest Bill Russell, who
won 11 rings with the Celtics
as a player.)
-Jackson has had the luxu-ry
of coaching three of what
most people consider to be top
ten players all-time (or at least
top 20): Michael Jordan, Sha-quille
O'Neal, and Kobe Bry-ant;
between the three players,
they have won 11 NBA Finals
MVPs, 7 NBA regular season
MVPs, 14 scoring champion
titles, rookie of the year, de-been
less draw to
the school lately be-cause
they have been
a mostly average-at-
best team, so the
"big-name" prospects
out of high school
have turned to oth-er
schools - specif-ically
those in the
Southeastern Conference
(SEC), which has been a ma-jor
powerhouse in the col-lege
football ranks for a de-cade.
There have been many
times in that same decade
that Notre Dame was project-ed
to do quite well, and were
nationally ranked, but ended
up faltering throughout the
year and disappointing many
fans. A prime example of this
was last year, when some ac-tually
thought the Irish could
go undefeated. After a dis-appointing
series of several
close losses, the Irish fell out
of the eye of the nation, and
this year they were not even
ranked in the preseason Top-
25 Associated Press Poll.
This has been the revela-tion
year for the Irish. Tough,
close games and come-from-behind
victories (specifically
the game against Pittsburgh)
have been the hallmark of
the 2012-2013 Fighting Irish.
They survived - dominated,
really - what most thought
would be a tough game or loss
against a very good Oklaho-ma
team, then played a se-ries
of very exciting games
(nationally televised on NBC,
of course) including the sea-son
finale against rival USC,
which began the year as the
preseason #1 in the AP Poll.
Although the success of
this team and all-time great-ness
of it cannot be fully de-termined
until the outcome
of the BCS Title game is de-cided,
this team has been
fensive player of the year, and
went to a combined 43 all-star
games.
-Jackson was passed down
multiple times when trying to
become an NBA head coach.
The reason is assumed to be
that he had a reputation for be-ing
sympathetic to the coun-terculture
during his playing
years, which NBA teams did
not necessarily want to asso-ciate
with.
-In 2002 and 2010 the Unit-ed
States Sports Academy
awarded Jackson the Amos
placed by many as one of the
best teams in school history.
Simply the fact that they sur-prised
everyone (let's be hon-est,
even Irish fans didn't ex-pect
this at the beginning of
the year) and just kept finding
ways to win football games
places them near the top of
the list. Manti T'eo, an inspir-ing
and excellent leader and
linebacker for the Irish, is in-volved
in what most consid-er
to be a "two horse" race
for the Heisman Trophy with
Texas A&M freshman quar-terback
Johnny "Football"
Manziel. Te'o has excelled
in all facets of the game this
year, and has the intangibles,
spirit, and leadership that
coaches dream about. Indi-vidually,
Te'o has 103 tack-les,
7 interceptions (second
in the nation, as a linebacker
no less), two fumble recover-ies,
and 11 pass defenses. As a
team, Notre Dame is the num-ber
one defense in the nation
in many different categories.
To make his story even more
amazing, Te'o has captured
the heart of the nation by re-turning
to Notre Dame and
leading them on this glorious
journey even after the loss of
both his girlfriend and grand-mother.
In terms of what the
trophy is about, there is no
other more deserving player
to receive it. If Notre Dame
does indeed win the Nation-al
Championship, and Manti
Te'o can take home the Heis-man
Trophy, it would finish
what may be the storybook
tale of the decade. So, love
them or hate them, there is
no doubt that having Notre
Dame in the National Cham-pionship
game is sure to in-crease
the attention surround-ing
the game.
Alonzo Stagg Coaching
Award.
-Jackson is known for his
use of the so-called "trian-gle
offense" as well as a ho-listic
approach to coaching
that he has stated as being in-fluenced
by Eastern philoso-phy;
this has earned him the
nickname "Zen Master." He
is considered to be one of the
best people in history to han-dle
"superstar" athletes and
their stereotypically egotisti-cal
and strong-willed
R Twitter. The problem? Once
a comment is in cyberspace,
it's never really gone. Also, as
NBA All-Star Baron Davis
(@barondavis) said, "It's all
you, so there's not manipulat-ing
the message." Davis is a
proponent of Twitter because
he feels like there can be a
stronger connection between
he and his fans, and that the
"real" Baron Davis can voice
his opinion without the media
filtering what they want the
world to see.
So how is Twitter affect-ing
sports? Well for one thing,
it changes how fans view
sports. A recent study showed
that 83% of sports fans mon-itor
social media sites while
watching games on TV, and
63% do so while watching
live events. More than 9,400
people per second tweet-ed
about Tim Tebow after he
threw the overtime touch-down
pass to knock out the
Steelers in last season's NFL
Playoffs. Jeremy Lin gained
more than 550,000 followers
in a single month while tak-ing
the NBA by storm just last
year (the "Linsanity" craze).
The sheer statistics involving
Twitter are amazing. Cristia-no
Ronaldo (winger for Read
Madrid soccer) is the most-followed
athlete on Twitter,
with roughly 14.7 million fol-lowers.
Real Madrid midfield-er
Kaka is next in line, with
roughly 15.5 million fol-lowers,
followed by Lebron
James with 6.6 million fol-
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OUTDOORS
FOREST SERVICE CABINS OFFER A GREAT TIME ON A COLLEGE STUDENT'S BUDGET
Outdoors Writer
Ihe warmth and
cheer of our danc-ing
fire fought back
the surrounding darkness
of the forest, tangible in
its completeness. The four
of us sat there, giggling
and chatting, our poofs of
marshmallows growing
brown over the heat, as the
wizened grandmothers of
the forest, the mighty pines,
creaked their old bones
around us.
I, the English major in-terested
in words of the past,
had the log book from our
cabin propped open on my
lap. As I read aloud the best
snippets, my breath and the
smoke from our fire rose to
mingle with the stars.
"We came as men, but
left about 2 1/2 days older!"
"We loved the feeling of
peace and seclusion that is
offered here." "Saw bigfoot
and a thunderbird outside
the cabin—can't remem-ber
if it was before or after
we drank the bottle of jager.
Maybe after..." "Montana
rocks!" "This place will al-ways
be beautiful."
Then there are our pag-es,
immortalizing our stay
forever.
Despite the fact that we
took our trip in late Novem-ber,
complete with a light
covering of feathery snow,
our pages are lined with
all the traditional camp
activities: fishing, hiking,
campfires, playing on rope
swings. Because of the
weather, we also detailed
board games in the chill of
night, ice-skating on a fro-zen
section of the river, and
a snowball fight.
Although our stay at
West Bridger Station in
the Gallatin National For-est
lasted but a few days,
it will linger in my memo-ry,
and the memories of my
friends who joined me, for
ages to come.
This adventure and all
the fun that comes with it
can be had by anyone who
logs on to www.recreation.
gov and looks at all the
beautiful cabins and fire
outlooks Montana has to
offer. While the site also
provides camp sites made
for tents, the structures that
it has to offer make win-ter
camping possible, even
for those who simply dread
the cold. Over 100 cab-ins
are scattered through-out
the national forests of
Montana; thus, you can
choose if you want to stay
close to home or make a
cross-state trip. This web-site
is extremely informa-tive
about the cabins, list-ing
what equipment is sup-plied
and what you'll need
to bring. This enables you
to decide between a vaca-tion
of roughing it or one of
luxury.
The cabins range from
primitive and non-electric
to fully equipped and able
to sleep 30 people. They
even offer towering, 40-
foot historic fire outlooks
once used by firefighters.
We chose a middle-of-the-line
cabin, complete with
electricity, a wood burn-ing
stove for heat, and even
an oven. Although we did
not have running water or
an inside toilet, our cab-in
did have four beds, all
the cooking gear we could
have wanted, and plenty of
games to keep us occupied.
All of these cabins are
maintained by the Forest
Service of Montana who
you must call beforehand
to receive the code for your
cabin. When I called my
Forest Service representa-tive,
she not only gave me
my code but advised me
of the road conditions, in-formed
me of activities in
the area, and told me where
the best hiking trails were.
The best part of these
cabins, especially for the
clique "poor college stu-dent,"
is the price. A four-person
cabin costs between
25 to 35 dollars a night,
which is perfect for a group
of friends or a family out-ing.
Even if you want to
take the whole gang, their
largest 30-person cabin
only costs 75 dollars per
night. With prices this low
you can afford a weekend
outing with your friends,
as we did, but you can also
pack up your family and
kids and introduce the lit-tle
ones to all the outdoor
beauty Montana has to of-fer.
"I've been looking for
a place to rent for Christ-mas
this year," says Ashley
Hickert, an English educa-tion
major at Montana State
University Billings. "These
cabins are the right price
for a great holiday."
The price, numerous lo-cations,
the ease of cold-weather
camping, and of
course the fun make the
Forest Service cabins in
Montana a perfect place for
your next outdoor adven-by.
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enjoying Montana's great out oors.
nternationa Students.
Below is one International
Student's experience in Bill-ings
as told to Xiaoyi Wang. c- GBillings is a real
ly, really friendly
place. I took ten students
down to Jakes for dinner
There were some German
students, some from Slo
vakia and Africa, Ethio•
pia, Saudi Arabia, China
Japan. We were talking
about the school, about
different things in life, cul
ture stuff. Then this older
gentleman walked over to
me, and whispered, "Be.
tween you and I, I got your
ticket taken care of." I was
about to ask why, and he
said„ "Don't say anything
yet, I want to tell you a sto.
ry. When I was a young.
er man, I went to Germa•
ny for business. I ended
up in this tiny little town ,
and I didn't know the Ian •
guage. The people in that
town were so nice to me,
they took care of me re
ally well. Today, I see you
guys are from different
parts of the world, and
you ended up in Billings
for whatever reasons, but
welcome.
I want you to feel
December 7, 2012 4 www.MSUBretort.org Volume 88, Issue 6
PATRICIAIlA
Campus
pilETA CHI: MSUB WELCOMES BRAND NEW SISTERHOOD
Colleges and universi-ties
across the coun-try
are home to soror-ities
and sisterhoods, so why
not MSUB?
This is the very question
that the members of Alpha
Theta Chi (AOX) looked to
face and overcome this year
at Montana State Universi-ty
Billings. AOX is a new-ly
formed student organiza-tion
advised by Kristin Pe-terman,
Associate Director of
Student Life and University
Events, and run by a group of
eight officers, including pres-ident
Sarena Underwood (Ju-nior)
and vice president Clara
Escutia (Senior). Both Un-derwood
and Escutia came to
MSUB from Bakersfield, Cal-ifornia,
and are studying ed-ucation.
Underwood and Escutia
saw the community that ex-ists
on other college campus-es
with sororities and frater-nities
and wanted to be able
to start something similar at
MSUB. According to Under-wood,
a lot of students "don't
even know about a lot of the
clubs on campus. The main
ones that I see are HEROES
and the Dance Club because
they're out where people can
see them." It is important for
these young women to start
something and give girls that
"shoulder to cry on."
The name Alpha Theta Chi,
represented by the terms Pas-sion,
Love, and Excellence,
was selected for several rea-sons.
"Alpha" is representa-tive
of the first, in this case
the first Sisterhood of its kind
at MSUB. The Greek letter
Theta is circular, indicative of
the unity shared by its mem-bers.
Escutia explained that
the Sisterhood is meant to
strive for passion and love for
em • ers o A pia Theta C
one another, and excellence
in their academics and ev-eryday
lives. The colors rep-resenting
AOX are blue and
purple, and their mascot is
a hummingbird, and Under-wood
explained, "We fly to-gether."
Because MSUB is not na-tionally
affiliated with Greek
life, the women cannot tech-nically
call themselves a so-rority,
but rather a Sisterhood.
This Sisterhood will create a
home away from home for the
women involved. In addition,
the Sisterhood requires par-ticipation
in service activities,
so they will be benefiting the
community while positive-ly
representing the universi-ty.
Another hope is to bring
the student body together by
sponsoring events that appeal
to many students, and collab-orating
with other pre-exist-ing
student organizations.
Underwood and Escutia
also discussed their biggest
event for the spring semester.
Universities across the coun-try
often have what is called a
"Spring Sing" and AOX will
be bring this to MSUB in the
Spring of 2013. Spring Sing
will be an opportunity to pro-mote
other student groups and
individual students on cam-pus,
allowing them to partic-ipate
by performing dances or
vocals, among other opportu-nities,
and would be a "great
opportunity for different or-ganizations
to step up their
game" in preparation for this
public event.
All young women inter-ested
in being a part of AOX
must meet the 2.0 cumulative
GPA requirement, and main-thin
that standard throughout
their membership. Officers
are required to maintain a 2.5
GPA. Each semester dues will
be collected from each mem-ber.
This fall, dues were $30
per member, and will be in-creased
beginning in the
spring to $50 each semester.
These fees cover the costs of
shirts, socials, and other AOX
activities.
While some girls were
skeptical of joining at first,
there are currently eighteen
members of AOX with an es-timated
twenty additional in-dividuals
looking to join in
the spring. For more informa-tion
regarding Alpha Theta
Chi, feel free to email MSUB-AlphaThetaChi@
Gmail.com .
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ADJUST TO DIFFERENT CULTURE IN BILLINGS
CHRIS CLAUS
Online Echtor Life at MSU Billings
might seem pretty typ-ical
for you. After all,
Billings isn't too different
than any city of its size in the
United States. Sure, it's more
remote than those of you who
grew up on either coast are
used to but, all in all, it's or-dinary-
for most of you that
is. There is one group of stu-dents,
for whom, life here at
MSU Billings is anything but
typical.
There are currently 120 in-ternational
students, from ap-proximately
fifteen different
countries, studying at MSUB.
Not only do they have to ad-just
to the, at times, extreme,
cultural differences, they
also have to adapt to attend-ing
classes taught in a lan-guage
that may be their sec-ond,
third, or even fourth lan-guage.
Can you imagine what
it would be like, not only to
live in say, Korea or Saudi
Arabia, for a year, but to also
be expected to attend dai-ly
classes that are taught in
a language that you did not
grow up speaking?
As difficult as that may
sound, it's estimated that over
a quarter of a million Amer-ican
students, and over three
quarters of a million students
from other countries study
abroad every year. The two
biggest difficulties most peo-ple
have are language barri-ers
and culture shock; how-ever,
there are many benefits
to it. One of the biggest ben-efits
is that you become more
culturally aware- which, in
today's global economy, is a
huge plus.
I've taken the time to sit
down with some of the inter-national
students we are host-ing,
hoping to hear about their
experiences here at MSUB,
and have talked with a couple
people that work with them
day to day, doing their best to
help the students.
Karen Baumgart, the pro-gram
coordinator for the in-ternational
studies office,
works with students from the
very beginning, answering
their questions before they
apply, working with them
to get them enrolled and get
their visas approved. Her fa-vorite
part of the process is
meeting the new students
when they arrive, getting to
see, for the first time, people
she's worked with for so long
and finally getting to know
them. But, her involvement
doesn't stop there. She helps
them with everything from
getting over culture shock,
to working with various aca-demic
departments to help the
students succeed here.
Xiaoyi Wang, an exchange
student from China, has a lot
of experience as an MSUB
student from another country.
Coming from a town with a
population of around one mil-lion,
Xiaoyi has been here
for nearly six years. She
works closely with Karen
in the international stud-ies
office, and is in the
master's program for pub-lic
relations. When she
first arrived, the biggest
difficulty she had adjust-ing
to was speaking the
language. It's one thing.
to speak in a foreign lan-guage
amongst your class-mates,
but speaking to a
native speaker of that lan-guage
is something com-pletely
different.
Other international stu-dents
had similar prob-lems
adjusting to life
here. The language barri-er
was the most difficult
for most of them. Then
there is homesickness,
which most people have
experienced at one time
or another. Lack of pub-lic
transportation is anoth-er
problem. Most of these
students come from plac-es
where you can catch a
bus to anywhere, 24 hours
a day, and if you missed
your bus, there will be an-other
one in a few minutes.
One thing they all
agreed on is that Billings
is a very friendly place to
live.
Dan Carter
Leah Campbell
Vacant
James Dean Hickman
Jennifer Otis
Chris Claus
Patricia Hampton
Cory Lovec
Serene Crees
Tabby Maust
Paulina Carrillo
Tiff Hall
Ian Macmurdie
Kendra Carter
Holly Daniels
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ICE 11111:111 courage you, Retort readers, to disregard
these new attitudes about the holidays like the
fruitcake from last year that still breeds bac-teria
in the back of the freezer. This time of
year is not about frantic, shopping-cart races
through Wal-Mart's aisles for 99 cent socks.
The season is about still sitting on grandpa's
frail knees and laughing until his teeth fall out,
and wearing that ragged, embroidered sweater
that you wouldn't dare throw away. The sea-son
is about making snow angels in stranger's
yards, elaborately frosted cookies made with
more love than sugar, strolls through the city
on crisp, winter nights, and packing the entire
family into one car to look at Christmas lights.
It is about building forts out of old boxes and
heirloom blankets and making memories that
last longer than the edible play-dough of hol-idays
past.
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for Issue 6, I was excited to bring a
holiday theme to our final issue of
the semester. It seems to me that the spirit of
the holidays is slowly fading into the abyss of
American consumerism and people are forget-ting
what the season is really about.
Advertising for the year's best must-haves
seemed to bombard us the moment we turned
off our porch lights on Halloween night. On
television, images of "baby wet-and-smell
dolls" flavored play-dough, robot-monster-alien-
trucks were being thrust upon us before
we even had time to remove our vampire fangs.
Stores began offering special sales for un-heard
of occasions-like "day before Thanks-giving
sale" "twenty-one days to Christmas
sale" or the "bi-annual Christmas stocking-stuffer
holiday-time spectacular sale" all of
which are, of course, one day only.
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wish list for San-ta,
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out rea-sons
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figure in
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into homes and
disrupts innocent
families in their
sleep, or couples
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at any cost so
they don't have to
spend a few days
with overbearing
parents, irritating
siblings, and med-dling
relatives.
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IN YOUR BEST INTEREST:
FIRST SEMESTER WRAP-UP THE GLOBAL PEACE YOUTH CORPS OF MSUB
TACKLES DRUG ABUSE IN BILLINGS COMMUNITY
IAN MACMURDIE utes to the death of more than pounds of pills: many had a
Contributing Writer 300 Montanans per year, pre- street value of $100 each. Ev-
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Titual mission: One Corps (GPYC) of MSU Bill- three major drugs combined. pill that cannot do harm. Pills
PYC is a service orga- cupcakes.
nization with a spir- The Global Peace Youth times more deadly than these and disposed of properly is a
scription drug abuse is 15 ery pill taken off the streets
Family under God. We serve ings volunteered 6 hours Billings Police Officer flushed down the drain or toi-because
service is a means of on Saturday, October 20, to Thomas Keightley explained let can leach into the water ta-expressing
compassion, care help . a prescription drug to us the ways in which pre- ble and poison the water sup-and
concern for others who take back project organized scription drug abuse is a corn- ply. The Billings Police De-are
not just strangers but are by the Elks Club and Bill- munity wide problem. The partment currently destroys
valuable people who are part ings P.D. In Montana, there impacts are not limited just pills according to EPA regu- s papers, tests, finals, tingency fund, HEROES re-of
the family created by God are around 45,000 prescrip- to abusers or their families. lations in an incinerator. and the much-antic- turned to the senate meeting
that we all share in. We in tion drug abusers. In Yel- Breaking and entering, traf- We meet the first and third ipated winter break to report on their successful
the MSU Billings Chapter lowstone County, more youth fic fatalities, and other violent Thursday of every month in approach, so does the end to and educational experiences
• welcome anyone who wants have tried prescription drugs crime are all associated with the Yellowstone room at 5:15 the first semester of legisla- at the BACCHUS Conference.
to get involved or just check (without a prescription) than prescription abuse. Prescrip- p.m. Find us on Facebook @ tion for the Associated Stu- Billings Catholic Campus
us out to learn more about our have tried heroine, metham- tion drug abuse affects all de- http://www.facebook.com/ dents of Montana State Uni- Ministry submitted Financial
leadership development ini- phetamine, and cocaine corn- mographics of a community. groups/GPYCmsub/ versity Billings. It has been Bill #8, requesting $1000 to
tiatives, fun stuff, and free bined, and because it contrib- Ip 6 hours we collected 30 a semester of both challeng- travel to the St. Francis . Or-es
and triumphs. ASMSUB phanage in Philadelphia, PA HONORS STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH PROJECTS was faced with a lower bud- for a week of volunteering.
get than in previous years due ASMSUB President Isaiah
II to decreased enrollment at Garrison provided a Board of
the university. This, of course, Regents (BOR) update. The
had an effect on how much dishwasher discussed in pre-they
were able to award to the vious meetings (used in Rim-various
student organizations rock Café for fifteen years be-requesting
funding, and will yond its life expectancy) has
continue to affect the senate been approved by the BOR
during the spring semester. and will be replaced. In addi-
Senators have been elected, tion, the boiler needed for the
and have needed to step down Alterowitz building will be
for various academic and per- replaced. This boiler is one of
sonal reasons, leaving open two in the building, the first
positions to be filled when of which is no longer func-the
student body returns in tioning and has been kept
the spring. Since the penulti- for the purpose of salvaging
mate update of the semester, parts to repair and maintain
the senate has been moving at the second.
a fast clip toward that semes- Dylan German has been
ter-end finish line. hired to represent MSU Bill-
Recently, ASMSUB was ings as the lobbyist during the
approached by the Highlands upcoming legislative session
Elementary School Student this spring.
Honors Club member, Cory Lovec, (and The Retort's Council to propose partner- The most recent Senator
Sports Writer), presented his research on solid matrix i ing with MSUB for a fund- of the Month was voted upon,
luminescence of polycydic aromatic hydrocarbons in 1 raiser. The student senate has and Quincy Linhart was se-sugar.
I agreed to partner with High- lected.
lands, and will be working For more information re-with
them to organize a mov- garding ASMSUB, please
ie night in Petro Theatre in contact Valerie Sperry,
January. ASMSUB Office Manager, at
As required of student or- 657-2365.
ganizations who receive
funding from the student con-
PATRICIA HAMPTON
News & Campus Life Writer -11
PATRICIA HAMPTON
News & Campus Life Writer
Elevating excellence
has become an inher- week in November.
ent aspect of the Mon- This year's three student
tana State University Bill- presenters are veterans of
ings University Honors Pro- the process as they all pre-gram,
and is carried through sented in November 2011,
in events and programs ap- and included Senior Na-proved
by the Honors Club. than Baillet, and Juniors
On Tuesday, November 29 Cory Lovec and Patricia
at 6pm, one such event was Hampton.
held in the Beartooth Room Baillet travelled to Peru
of the Student Union Build- during the summer of 2012
ing. The- Honors Reflections and climbed to the site
and Research Presentations, of a sacred glacier. Dur-an
annual event sponsored by ing his presentation, Bail-the
Honors Club begun in No- let shared his experiences
vember 2011, featured the re- with the audience, and paid
search of three Honors stu- particular attention to the
dents. religious beliefs that incor-
The initial concept of the porate both Incan tradition
research presentations was and Christianity.
designed by the 2011 Hon- Lovec continued his re-ors
Student Advisory Council search on solid matrix lu-
(HSAC), the executive com- minescence of polycyclic
mittee for the Honors Club. aromatic hydrocarbons in
During the previous year, sugar glass under Dr. Mar-four
students had the oppor- lowe in the MSUB Science
tunity to attend the National Department, and present-
Conference for Undergradu- ed the developments at this
ate Research (NCUR) in Itha- year's presentations.
ca, New York. NCUR is an The third presentation,
annual conference hosted at a by Hampton, was entitled
different university each year, "Sociolinguistics: Gen-at
which students from across der in Instruction" and re-the
nation can come togeth- viewed the connection be-er
and make presentations on tween instructors and their
topics ranging from scientif- male and female students.
is research to dance perfor- The Honors Club is al-mances.
ready looking forward to
HSAC, in an effort to pre- expanding the presenta-pare
students from MSUB to tions next year to include
present at this conference, in- more student presenters
troduced the research presen- and a more versatile audi-tations
and opened the sub- ence.
missions to all Honors stu- For more information
dents. The tradition continued regarding the Honors Club,
this year, and submissions please email msub.hon- Left to right: Cory Lovec, Honors Club member, Patricia
were accepted from mid-Sep- ors@gmail.com . Hampton, Honors Club President, and Nathan Baillat,
tember through the second Honors Club member. 3-
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TREAT YOUR TASTE BUDS TO LOCAL SWEET SHOPS AROUND BILLINGS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
SERENE COES
AlE Weber
hat would Christ-mas
be like with-out
chocolate,
cookies and sweets? I decid-ed
I would do some detective
work and find the best shops
in Billings to fulfill your
sweet-tooth desires. It was a
messy job, but hey- somebody
had to do it.
Tipsy Cupcake
1001 Shiloh crossing blvd
suite 7
Who would have thought
that pink champagne could
taste so- good in a cupcake.
Tipsy Cupcake is famous
around town for its unique
blend of cupcake flavors. I
also enjoyed what they call
a cupcake shake; a milk-shake
with a cupcake blended
in. Apparently they have oth-er
cupcakes with a flavor you
would usually find in a mar-tini
or shot glass. I must say
I am excited to try those as
well. I highly suggest you get
over to Shiloh Crossing and
give their alcohol flavored
morsels a"shot"!
Candy Town USA
820 Shiloh Crossing Blvd,
Billings, MT 59102
One of my favorite places
to go growing up was the can-dy
store in Red Lodge, Mon-tana,
but since it was so far
away, we only got to go there
once or twice a year. However,
thanks to Candy Town USA,
you no longer have to venture
to the mountains to get the
amazing candy that you loved
so much as a child.
Candy Town USA has more
candy than any other candy
store in Montana and its fun,
old-school atmosphere makes
it far better than your average
candy story. They have a vin-tage
soda shop with real "soda
jerks!" They also have a wide
assortment of fudge and pret-ty
much any candy you loved
as a kid.
So, whatever you're crav-ing,
I'm pretty sure you can
find it there...AND it's a great
place to get Christmas pres-ents
for people who are hard
to buy for! The owner told
me about a deal on fudge that
is amazing...and it includes
some fudge for you PLUS free
shipping!!
Velvet Cravings
225 North Broadway
Downtowners have a new
place to curb their sweet
tooth cravings. On the cor-ner
of Broadway and 2nd Av-enue
North, there is a cute lit-tle
shop that is quick to catch
your eye. Velvet Cravings has
not been open long but they
are getting great reputation
for having out of this world
cupcakes!
So, Next time you are out
strolling the shops in our
adorable downtown, treat
yourself to a delectable, vel-vety
treat!!
Brockel's Chocolates
117 N 29th St, Billings
When you walk in to this
family-run candy shop, the
smell of chocolate, caramel
and other sweet scents tick-le
your nose and immediate-ly
your mouth begins to wa-ter.
Then your eyes devour the
sight before you as you are
tempted with every chocolate
treat you can imagine.
The Brockel family has
been around for 34 years and
as far as I know is the oldest
candy store in Billings.
This little shop has such a
homey feel to it and I know
I have many fond memories
going there as I grew up. It is
another spot in our beloved
downtown that has been a
constant over the years and
I know that it holds a spe-cial
place in our communi-ty's
heart. They are famous
for their Billings Chocolate
Mints and for their beautiful
handmade Christmas bows
and packaging.
All of these wonderful
shops are locally owned and
operated AND they all make
charitable contributions to
our community. From donat-ing
to the Shiners Hospital to
handing out cupcakes at nurs-ing
homes and hospitals, not
only do these places treat the
taste buds, but they treat the
heart; and that is the sweet-est
treat of all; The Christmas
Spirit!!
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For Grandma: Candy Town USA's assortment of vintage.•
.treats will bring Grandma back to the good old days. • •
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•
•
For Dad: Any of Brockel's Chocolate's homeade delights'
will
•
be sure to bring out the holiday cheer in dad. ••
•
•
For Mom: Tipsy Cupcake's unique flavors will favor well
with mom this year. She will especially enjoy their grass",
'-'hopper, drunken Irishman and signature pink cham-:
:pagne cupcakes after a long season of prepartion for the:
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• •
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'For Little Sister or Brother: The variety of gummy treats.
•
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• sold at Candy Town USA sure beats out visions of sug.•
•• ar plums.
• •
•• • •
.:For Uncle Bob: Velvet Cravings Black Forest cupcakes:
:will be sure to settle Uncle Jim's stomach after a long:
:weekend of eating everything out of your fridge. •
:holidays.
p
•
QDear Tiff,
I broke up with the
mother of my 5 year-old
son this year and this will
be the first Christmas we are
not together to celebrate the
holiday as a family. My son is
really upset that we will not
be together for Christmas this
year. I would be willing to put
aside my differences with my
ex for the day so that we could
all spend it together, but she is
not willing to. How can I help
my son deal with this transi-tion
and make Christmas en-joyable
for him again without
us all spending it together?
-Sad Dad
Dear Sad Santa,
I am very sor-ry
to hear about your
break-up. That in itself is
a very hard situation to go
through. I do applaud you for
your approach to this dilem-ma.
I'm sure it is difficult bal-ancing
your emotions while
trying to put your son first.
I am not sure what caused
the break-up or what the cli-mate
is between you and your
ex when your son is around.
However, I can tell you that he
is at an age where less is more.
It is ok to explain to him with
minimal detail that you and
his mother are no longer to-gether
but that it in no way is
his fault and that both of you
still love him very much and
are still there for him.
In addition, I would sug-gest
that you attend some
counseling together (you and
your ex) so that you can come
up with a game plan on how
you are going to raise him to-gether
now that you are no
longer a couple. There are
many counselors in town and
if you can't afford one, local
churches like Faith Chapel
offer free counseling. I would
also recommend that you seek
some counseling individually
and also for your son. It is im-portant
that you and you ex
deal with your residual feel-ings
towards each other so
that your son can feel secure
in this new situation. He also
needs an advocate for himself.
Right now, he may not be able
to voice to you or his mother
what he is thinking and feel-ing.
If he has a person he can
able to help him communicate,
then you will be able to have
greater insight.
As for specifically how to
handle the holiday itself, I
would recommend you and
his mother come up with an
agreeable compromise and
then communicate the plan
to your son. If children know
what is going on, they feel
more safe and secure. Also,
it may simply take time for
him to adjust. As painful
as it is to see your son hurt-ing,
sometimes all you can do
is comfort him and even cry
with him. Tears are healing;
and although I'm sure you
don't want tears to be shed
on Christmas, it could actual-ly
create a way for you to cre-ate
an even closer bond with
your son.
Dear Tiff,
I am an exchange
,student and am finding
the "holidays" here difficult.
We do not celebrate Thanks-or
Christmas where I
am from and so I am not re-ally
sure what to do. I lived
in the dorms the last couple
of years and went home for
break so I only was here for
Thanksgiving and just used
that extra time to study. But
now I have an apartment here
and am staying and working
through the break. So I will
be here for Christmas for the
first time. I have a few invites
to people's houses, and I want
to go but I don't want them to
be offended that I don't be-lieve
in or celebrate Christ-mas.
How can I participate
without actually celebrating
Christmas...without offend-ing
anyone?
-Confused Exchange Stu-dent
ADear Confused,
I think it is very
brave of you to want
to step outside your comfort
zone and experience holidays
in a new culture.
I'm sure that the peo-ple
who have invited you
know that you are not famil-iar
with many Christmas tra-ditions
and will be happy to
explain anything you don't
understand. Also, I am sure
they will be gracious if there
is something you are uncom-fortable
participating in.
The thing I found the most
helpful it to just sit back and
take everything in. Watching
and listening as an observer is
very acceptable. Just commu-nicate
with your host.
The great thing about our
country is that we are so di-verse.
There are so many dif-ferent
ways people celebrate
this holiday. For some it is a
very Spiritual Holiday, and
for others, it is simply a time
for family, food and fun.
So, I encourage you to en-joy
the experience and simply
let your friends know what
you are thinking and feeling.
talk to who is trained in being giving 4
ARTS CENTER
siuglj,INGS AliT WALK ENTERS 18TH SEASON He also encourages teach- keep our community rich
A&E Writer ers at the elementary, junior with the beautiful culture so
high and high School levels many have cultivated over the Sshows Billings has a season will feature numer- cellence. Giving youth more night of strolling the chilly
canning downtown and around downtown Billings. not to hold back in prepay- last century.
the surrounding area The final Art Walk of the ing children for artistic ex- When we participate in a
rich history of enjoying re- ous proteges of artist Hec- advanced skills and expo- downtown streets, enjoying'
fined culture. Though it has for Alvarado, including Allen sure to museums and other art free wine and beautiful art, it
taken different forms - some- Knows His Gun, Ben Pease, shows are investments that may be a great date night or
times in fashion, other times Jamie Benzel, Jason Zink, will yield dividends later in fun family time, but it is also
in architecture. music, or the Matt Shriner, Mike Medicine their lives, regardless of their an investment in who we, as
arts - over the 130 years since Horse, Travis Delp, and Wen- end path. As William Bennet, the Billings community, are
the birth of our fair city there dy Red Star (niece of famous = former U.S. Secretary of Ed- becoming, and the future of
has been a passion for excel- artist Kevin Red Star.) Much ucation put it, "The arts are our city.
lence that is in the very bed- of the art from these artists an essential element of edu- For maps and more infor-rock
of the Yellowstone Val- focuses on Native American cation, just like reading, writ- mation please visit their web-ley.
culture. but there are other ing, and arithmetic...music, site at http://artwalkbillings .
Entering its 18th season, styles as well and these artists BILLINGS dance, painting, and theater corn/
The Art Walk continues this have used a variety of media are all keys that unlock pro- here; it truly can be the
legacy. For many years art- to express their visions. found human understanding smallest things that bring the
ists and the community have I had the opportunity and and accomplishment." biggest change. So, thank you
been able to develop fellow- privilege to interview Mr. Al- I asked Hector how to be- to The Art Walk and all those
ship over fine wine and art, varado and one thing that he quality being the focal point; who laid this foundation of come one of his proteges involved; Small strokes truly
celebrating every medium stressed in our conversation if you consider yoUrself an excellence in him; Ben Steele, and he told me that there is do create the most beautiful
imaginable. This year was was how imperative it is for artist, it is important to know Brian, Caste, Connie Landise, now talk of creating an Art- paintings.
no exception and The Art artists "to be proficient in all your craft and to hone your art Neal Guslla, and the late Pe- ists Guild so that for years to For maps and more infor-
Walk will close out 2012 on mediums of art." One can en- to the best of your ability. ter Whitson-Warren. It is this come young artists can learn mation, visit their website
December 7 with free recep- gage in any artistic form for Hector shared that he had legacy that he has passed on from those who have gone be- at http://artwalkbill-tions
at 26 different locations pleasure or praise without many teachers and professors to his protégés. fore them. This will, in turn, ings.com/
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:Studio, Stephen Haraden, Lore Law, Phil Bell: important late-night activi-
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Pants are perfect! Not only His pure love and devotion Light-weight with sleeves and lius Caesar head Chia, the
do they provide the experi- to his products is evident in a zipper, I really see no rea- Chia Pet is an American fa-ence
of being in a sauna from his gleaming smile and tight, son in wearing clothes at all! vorite and reminder of our
the waist down, they also are spandex shorts. A Snuggie will suffice. And rich culture. Though we tear
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•MSU-B, Limber Tree Yoga • midnight black. And why not sized fanny-pack, is strapped gie for dogs- because I imag- ident in its attention and love
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Sunday Monday Tuesday ednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
7 Ts Basket-
I vs. South Dak '
to Mines Men's Ba
ketball vs. South D
kota Mines 7:30 p
8
Service Saturday
9:30 am Atrium
Men's Basketball
vs. Alumni 2:00
pm
RHA Study
Buck Auction
Hanukkah:
Dec. 9-16
MSUB Men's Bas-ketball
vs Rocky
@ 7:30pm
Pancake Breakfast
Rimrock Cafe 9-11pm
11
Study Study Study
12
Sale Campus
Store 12:12pm Final Day to With-draw
from Fall 2012
(all classes, no refund)
Semester Ends
esidence Halls Close
15
ZooLights at
Zoo Montana
5pm-9 $5/car
National
FINAL EXAM WEEK emon Cupcake Da
MSUB Men's Bas-ketball
vs Dicken-son
State @ 7pm
17 Women's Bas-ketball
vs. Rocky
Mountain College
Men's Basketball
vs. Rocky 7:30 pm
Tunes 4 Tues-day
Open Mic @
4pm-8: Yellow-stone
Valley Brew
19Women vs. UM-Western
(Exhibition
Game) Men's Bas-ketball
vs. Montana
Western 7:30 pm
20
Projectile Comedy
@ 8pm: NV Club $6 MSU Billings Mens
Basketball vs Seat-tle
Pacific @ 7pm
Flowers From Her
Holiday Reunion
Show @ 8pm: Rai-lyard
Ale House
Scour the store
aisles for those
last minute gifts!
Christmas Day
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MSUB Men's Bas-ketball
vs West-ern
Oregon @ 7pm
Laugh Juras-soff
Open Mic
Comedy @ 8pm :
Bones Brew Pub
Jam at the YAM @
5pm-8 : Yellow-stone
Art Museum
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ARIES: MAR 20-APR 19
• Chinese finger trap: With relatives in town, you tend
• to get moody sitting around engaging in endless
•
• thing made of brown Corduroy, and blueberries.
•
• sage from a significant other or a distant relative.
• Your lucky items this month: The yule-log, any-keep
your feet in tip-top shape for a relaxing mas
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• part of your body proves to be the delicate
• arch of your feet. A good pair of kicks will
•
GEMINI: MAY 20-JUN 20
• A fake mustache. Born under the sign of the "twins" you often have two facets to your
• personality which makes it difficult for those around you to predict your mood. A fake
• mustache placed firmly on the upper lip will help them differentiate between your "Dr.
• Jekyll" and "Mr.Hyde" tendencies.
• CANCER: JUN 21-JUL 21 -
• A beverage. A hermit at heart. you find great anxiety
• in attending the countless holiday parties that bombard
•
• your calendar every December. Drinking at these holi-
• day parties will help you feel more comfortable and al-
• low you to discover the holiday spirit- but, unfortunate-
• ly you will not remember what it is or where it came
• from in the morning.
• The Retort's one and only horoscope writer is back after a year on haitus in Fiji watching dolphins and later to the
• Swiss Alps where she claims the infamous Chupacabra has claimed its nesting grounds. For The Retort's holiday
• issue, she agreed to grace Retort readers with some horoscopes. Below
• are items each zodiac sign REALLY desires as a gift this holiday season.
•* •• • • • • • • • • • • • *HOLIDAY HOROSCOPES • • • • • • • • • • •
PISCES: FEB 18-MAR19
Yodeling Lessons: Your skiing plans this
December will only be enhanced
by this new, exotic talent.
AQUARIUS:
JAN 20-FEB 17
Fnlatsi ehring, colored
headband:
This is the gift for
you this holiday
season. You will
really be feeling
lucky at the next
holiday party wear-ing
this hot corn-midity
and the flash
of light every two to
three seconds will be sure
to catch everyone's
attention in the best way!
APRICORN: DEC 22-JAN 19
A white beard: People are often distrustful of
you and you find this very annoying. This sea-son,
invest in a white beard, real or fake. This
new adornment to your attire will have people
accepting, without question, anything and ev-erything
you say.
•
•
•
• small-talk about the weather, your life plan
• and why you never visit them. The Chi-
•
nese finger trap is the perfect gift for
you because it will keep you mindless-
• ly entertained for hours and can be eas-
• ily hidden in the front pocket of a snow-
• flake embroidered sweater. •:TAURUS: APR 20-MAY 19
• A new pair of shoes: Yet again, the luckiest
* LEO: JUL 22-AUG 22
SAGITTARIUS: NOV 22-DEC 21
A Chess Board: You are not very good at playing chess but you have an in-nate
ability to balance odd objects on your nose this month as Saturn is in
retrograde. Show off your amazing skills at the next work get-together and
dazzle your boss and co-workers.
SCORPIO: OCT 23-NOV 21
A Pet Rock: The holiday season sometimes leaves you feeling out of place
and lonely. A pet rock that you can decorate with glitter, tin foil and other
assorted craft items is just the thing to brighten your mood. Plus, your pet
rock will never flake out on you or give you dirty looks (unless you draw a
frowny face on it.)
LIBRA: SEPT 22-OCT 22
Fruit Cake: In a hit of ways, you are a lot like the holidy fruit cake. This is
the perfect gift for you and the thick. seasoned frosting, of which you will
gracefully peel off and devour in just under thirty seconds, will give you the
best sugar rush of the season.
• A neon fanny pack: They may not be in style anymore
• but you're just the person to bring them back! Invest
•
• your savings in outfits to match your fanny pack. You
• also have great potential to make the mullet cool again.
•VIRGO: AUG 23-SEPT 21 • A fire extinguisher: Mars, the fire planet, is in your fa-
•
• vor this month. This means you have a weird obsession
• with the smell of freshly-lit matches and campfires. A
• fire extinguisher will come in handy this season when
•• you attempt to cook.
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MSUB STUDENTS TAKE STEPS TO SAVE LIVES MSU BILLINGS
NEWS SERVICES with signature and a
quick swab of her
cheek, Jenna Sz-ramoski
took the first step to
saving a life on Tuesday.
The Montana State Uni-versity
Billings junior doesn't
immediately look like a the
stereotypical superhero, but
a few minutes at a bone mar-row
drive at the university
took her and some fellow stu-dents
a step closer to saving
someone with blood cancers
or life-threatening diseases.
Szramoski, a criminal jus-tice
major from Connecti-cut,
was one of 86 students,
faculty, staff and communi-ty
members who registered to
be bone marrow donors as a
part of the Be The Match pro-gram.
Be The Match operates
the world's largest listing of
potential marrow donors and
donated cord blood units to
help provide transplants to
patients who have blood can-cers
like leukemia and lym-phoma,
sickle cell and other
life-threatening diseases.
"I had given blood before
and wanted to do something
that would help save a life"
Szramoski said.
The registration process
was handled by six nursing
students from City College
(formerly the College of Tech-nology)
as part of as service
learning project for their man-agement
class and coordinat-ed
by the MSU Billings Office
for Community Involvement.
The students were on hand at
the Student Union Building
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help
with paperwork and gathered
DNA swabs from the inside of
the cheeks of those who reg-istered
for the Be The Match
database.
Szramoski's process took
about five minutes from pa-perwork
to mouth swab. Her
information is now in a
worldwide database that will
be tapped when patients need
lifesaving marrow transplant.
If she is matched to a patient
in the future, she will be con-tacted
for further tests and
possible donation.
Sarah Krebs and Hol-ly
Kindsfather, two nursing
students gathered the swab
samples, worked to encour-age
passers-by to register, but
also signed up themselves.
"I think the more people
can do to make a difference,
the better" said Kindsfather.
Among those in attendance
at the drive a local girl whose
life was saved by a bone mar-row
transplant and her grand-mother
who has walked
across the country to raise
awareness for the life-saving
process.
The grandmother, Jeana
Moore, lives in Spokane and
became a bone marrow trans-plant
evangelist when her
5-year-old granddaughter was
born with acute myeloid leu-kemia
in 2007 and nearly died.
The little girl, Jada Bascom,
who now lives in Billings
with her parents, had to un-dergo
rounds of chemother-apy
and many blood transfu-sions
just to keep her alive.
The key to saving her life,
however, was a bone mar-row
transplant. Nobody in the
U.S. was a match, but a man
in Germany provided the
match that saved young Jada's
life. As a gesture of gratitude,
Moore has walked across the
United States and parts of Eu-rope
to raise awareness and
bone marrow registrations.
She even arranged for the do-nor,
Torsten Huber, to come
to the United States and meet
Jada. All three were at the
university on Tuesday to en-courage
others to sign up for
the Be The Match registry.
For more information on
service learning done by stu-dents
through the Office for
Community Involvement,
contact Jenny Randall at 896-
5827 or by e-mail at jenni-fer.
randall@msubillings.edu .
For more information on the
Be The Match program, go to
http://marrow.org/.
RESTROOM
CAMPUSES: A GOOD IDEA?
—111
PAUUNA CARRILLO
Columnist Sharing bathrooms is that "it just wasn't a big deal.
something we all do. No one walked around naked,
Sharing a bathroom and no one ever saw anything.
happens at home, the mall, It was a little awkward for the
restaurants, truck stops, and first couple of days, but then
almost everywhere else you everyone got used to it. It defi-can
imagine. Normally, this nitely freaked out our parents,
kind of sharing occurs be- though"
tween individuals of the same The question for those of
sex, unless you live with you who live in the dorms is,
family member of the oppo- would you be for or against
site gender. having co-ed restrooms and
But, what about those col- showers at MSUB?
lege campuses that have co- Jon Biegel, an MSUB Ac-ed
bathrooms? Because shar- counting major shared his
ing public bathrooms with opinion with us, stating,
members of the opposite sex "There should not be co-ed
is not something we are all bathrooms on campus sim-normally
used to, does this ply because no one would use to you shouldn't be an addi- a meeting where all of the stu-rule
make these colleges mor- them, both sexes like their tion. Plus, I'm not sure how I dent residents will vote anon-ally
wrong? In my point of privacy, and because it in- feel about washing my hands ymously on having co-ed
view, I don't really care. As creases the potential of sexual next to a urinal." bathrooms. Under this rule, it
long as there are doors or cur- assaults on females." I guess it depends on the only takes one student vote to
tains, everything should be MSUB international stu- opinion of the campus as a prohibit the use of co-ed bath-fine.
I'm not sure how I would Campuses with co-ed re- co-ed bathrooms on campus
dent Asif Iqbal stated, "I think
strooms and showers in- is a bad idea. I don't think I feel about washing m
dude M.I.T, UC Berkley, and would feel comfortable using hands next to a urinal.
)
Green Mountain College. As the toilet when there is a girl
I was reading through mes- in the stall right next to me. I
sage boards and articles stat- would personally avoid a co- -Mandy Warren
ing the opinions of some of ed restroom." whole. If the students agree rooms. For example, if all but
the students of these colleges, Mandy Warren, English that sharing restrooms or one student vote yes on shar-
I found that most of them had major at MSUB, answered, "I bathrooms in such a way is ing showers and toilets, then
positive feelings about co- feel it's a bad idea. College fine, then go ahead and al- co-ed restrooms will not be
ed bathrooms. For example, is stressful as is when you're low it. Some campuses have allowed. If you ask me, that
one student whose university a freshman, and worrying a rule that requires all the is probably the best way for a
had co-ed bathrooms stated about who is in the stall next floors from each dorm to hold college to handle this.
"--444100,
CONSERVATIVES: CO-ED BATHROOMS ON COLLEGE'
WE'RE NOT ALL
THAT BAD KENDRA CARTER
Contril3uting Writer
Looks like I have a nem- tool or a sounding board on
esis in Ayn Onymous. policy, philosophy and princi-
I was surprised by his/ ples. This can all be done very
her inability to accept criti- easily without attacking any-cism,
but not really. And now one...except statists.
the tension has spilled over to So what do I believe in?
my personal Facebook page Primarily: constitutionally
as well. I won't bore you with restrained government, self-the
details, but now he/ she ownership, private proper-knows
who I am, yet he/she ty, free markets and volun-is
still hiding behind the mask tary interaction with others.
of anonymity. That doesn't I am against the use of force
seem fair, now does it? It's against any individual, un-easy
to smirk and jab behind less their life or property is at
a computer, or write under a stake. This includes taxes; tax
pseudonym. It's not easy to is a method of force used to
publicly bare your opinion as obtain the products of your la-
I have done. bor which no one should be en-
I feel I should also clarify titled to unless the individual
to everyone that I don't con- willingly allows. I do not be-sider
myself a Republican. I lieve in collectivism, which is
work with Republicans and classifying any group of peo-how
I ended up doing that was ple by a characteristic. This I
based on strategy for person- includes sex, race, sexual ori-al
reasons. I'm certainly con- entation or religious beliefs.
servative; I could be consid- All individuals are entitled to
ered a Libertarian, or, to get the same rights as everyone
more radical, an anarcho-cap- else. No group deserves spe-italist.
But even those labels cial rights, because liberty is
fail to characterize all my be- universal to ALL people. I bet
liefs. I'm somewhat of a polit- some of you are surprised to
ical outcast. I'm no stranger hear such things coming from
to personal attacks for having a conservative. We're not all
different views. I get verbally that bad.
admonished from both sides I would like to expand
frequently. I'm used to it and more on the above topics, or
I
usually enjoy a good debate. I speak about others, but time
don't want to fight. My prob- and space are an issue. If The
lem with Ayn Onymous's col- Retort and its readers would II ARRE WAYS TO DIE umn is that it is merely an ex- like to hear more, I will glad-tension
of his/her ego. I would ly oblige. It will prove to be a PAUUNA CARRILLO Chris Hill suspects that the physical battle, attempting to
much rather see a conserva- refreshing departure from the I ------ R camel was trying to have sex shake the machine until it spit
tive column used as a teaching negativity of Ayn Onymous. Columnist with the woman. out its wares. In a total TKO,
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0.• • • • • • • • here are countless Wesley Jarmin's girlfriend Although sheep are known the soda machine tipped over
•Do you have an Opinion? Of• ways to die, some arrived at their Missouri to be so fluffy and peaceful onto the man, crushing him to
•course you do! Do want to get: common, and some home to find him stuck un- that they're often called upon death with its weight. To add
a little more extraordinary. derneath of his lawnmower. to induce sleep, they have a insult to injury, the toppled :paid for it? Of course you do!: Here are five examples of While the paramedics made much deadlier side. In 1999, soda machine still refused to
:The Retort is now accepting ap: some of the more bizarre a futile attempt to revive him, a woman packed up a bale of eject any free beverages.
ways people have made their officials determined that Jar- hay onto her motorcycle and Paranoia about death is •oplications for the Opinion Writ final exit. min was attempting to push drove out toward her seem- usually caused by not know-
•er position. Pick up an apple Cactus plugging is the il- his lawnmower up a steep ingly serene flock of sheep ing when the Grim Reaper
:cation on The Retort door, SUB: legal act of shooting a sa- hill before gravity delivered to offer them a nice lunch. will come for us; but clearly,
guaro cactus until parts of a deadly blow. Upon spotting their meal, the "how" should be just as,
:room 220 or shoot us an email: it fall off. While in the des- Australia: the land of the hungry mob ran toward if not more, anxiety-inducing
•at msubretort@gmail.com for:o I ert with his roommate, Da- Crocodile Dundee, shrimp the woman in a fleecy frenzy than the "when."
• • vid Grundman suggested on the bar-bee and...horny and drove the hay-on-wheels
•more info! • they start shooting at cacti. camels? Instead of a nice right off the edge of a 100-
Taking aim at a century old pants suit, one woman re- foot cliff.
cactus that stood 26 feet tall, ceived a camel as a 60th Although no Jaws equiv-
Grundman fired the shot that birthday present. The ten alent has been made about
brought down a four foot- month-old male, not educat- these killers, vending ma-long
arm of the cactus, kill- ed about proper party pro- chines are actually deadlier
ing him on the spot. tocol, knocked the birth- than sharks. A Quebec stu-
Lawnmowers can be day girl down and stomped dent became angry with a
more lethal than they look. on her head. Camel expert soda machine and engaged in
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VIEltrael/FINICI
.BLACK FRIDAY: A SUPER BLACK FRIPAY: THE MOST
FUN EXPERIENCE DISTURBING TIME OF THE TEAR
Contributing Writer out of Black Friday? Sure you
might get a great deal on a
consoles which are apparent- TV or a new WiiU, but is that
ly in short supply on one day what you want your family to
out of the year. Shops have remember when they think of
become so eager for these the Holiday season?
mad shoppers to spend all of Would it not be better
their money at their store that to find gifts for people that
they started opening up earli- are actually meaningful in-er
and earlier. First it was 6:00 stead of mass produced junk?
am but then they noticed that Maybe instead of skipping
people were lining up out- Thanksgiving dinner to get a
side the door before then, so cheap tablet computer, people
they started opening at 5:00 should bake special cookies,
or 4:00: Last year many of the or make ornaments that have
big box retailers decided to a special message, or go to a
open at midnight on Thanks- craft fair and find something
giving. This year was even individual for each person.
worse, many retailers were Maybe instead of giving gifts
opening the night of Thanks- you could make a donation
giving and staying open all to a charity in a loved one's
night with door buster sales name. Think to yourself be-and
limited quantity items fore buying something, "Does
and trampled customers. this person really need a new
The problem is that all of pair of $20 headphones? Are
this is nothing but blind con- they even going to remember
sumerism. People are taking who gave them these?"
time away from their fami- There were several peo-lies
and forcing the employes ple missing from my Thanks-to
take time from their fami- giving festivities this year be-lies
just so they can save a lit- cause they either had to work
tle money on something they the sales or they were waiting
don't even need. Every year in line for those same sales.
people are injured or even Wouldn't it be better to stay
killed by mobs of people all home and spend quality time
clamoring over the same mer- with those you love? If peo-chandise.
This year two peo- ple would just stop showing
ple were shot after arguing up for Black Friday door bust-over
a parking spot. That's er sales, retailers would stop
right, Black Friday has be- doing them. That way you get
come so known for violence to stay home with your family
that people are now bringing and the employees get to have
guns to shop with them. So the Holiday off of work, like
what do consumers really get it should be.
PAUUNA CARRILLO
Columnist -- — --R the Thanksgiving celebra- Hunting for great buys tion, some people go out with or some reason Black
late on Thanksgiv- gument to these people is, so their family members to take Friday has become the
ing night or early the what? Seriously, if you do not advantage of the sales. After traditional time of year
morning after has become an like the whole idea of shop- all, isn't spending time with to skip dinner with your fam-
American tradition, known by ping at 8pm on Thursday, then your family and being grate- ily and friends in order to
many as Black Friday. Per- simply do not go out at that ful for everything the whole stand in line in the freezing
sonally, I love Black Friday. It time. No one is forcing you point of Thanksgiving? You cold, risk death and dismem-is
a fun experience, the sales to take part in Black Friday. If can still do that while shop- berment, and spend money
can be really great, and it is people want to be consumers ping, or, like most people, you you don't have all in the name
even fun to just watch the and throw their money away can just do that before Black of having some piece of junk
people go crazy. Needless to on stuff they probably don't Friday starts. that will be obsolete in a year.
say, Black Friday can also be even need, then let them. Of course, there will al- Since the junk that people
used as an excuse to spend Although Black Friday ways be people who are buy this year will be obsolete,
a lot of money on clothes or does begin earlier each year, it against extreme consumerism broken, or worn out by next
whatever it is that you want doesn't really intervene with and Black Friday. All i can say Black Friday, they will have
without feeling guilty. the Thanksgiving day itself. is too bad for them. Like it or an excuse to go out and do it
Although I love Black Fri- In fact, it acts as an addition not, Black Friday will be an all over again. So why do we
day even when I am broke, to it. Who said that Thanks- event that will keep happen- subject ourselves to this tor-many
people believe that the giving must consist only of ing every year, so might as ture?
idea of Black Friday is start- being at home with the fami- well start accepting it. Who Black Friday has been
ing to take away from the ly and stuffing your face with knows, maybe you love it af- hailed by the media as the
Thanksgiving holiday. My ar- turkey? Nobody. To extend ter actually experiencing it! busiest shopping day of the
year. In a self perpetuat-ing
cycle, retailers then offer
sales to get more shoppers to
come it, which makes it busi- RIGHTS? er, which means the media re-ports
on how busy it is, and so
on and so on. Many retailers
health of anyone but their .us- report record sales on Black
ers, expose anyone else to sec- Friday and now online retail-ondhand
smoke, or cause lit- ers are beginning to get in on
ter? Survey says: They don't! the sales with "Cyber Mon-
This ban is not, in whole, day." It used to be that the
about creating a healthy envi- day after Thanksgiving was
ronment for all of MSUB stu- busy for shoppers, Thanks-dents;
if it were, I wouldn't giving does give a convenient
have a problem with it. As reminder that Christmas is
it stands, all you are doing just around the corner, but
is bullying the minority of now Black Friday has turned
MSUB students that are ad- into mobs of people clamor-dicted
to nicotine. Once the ing over televisions and game
majority starts forcing their
views on the minority, when
it comes to something that
has absolutely no effect on
co is defined as all tobacco- the majority, you go from try-derived
or containing prod- ing to make this a better place,
ucts, including, but not lion- to being a totalitarian regime.
ited to, cigarettes (clove, bi- As it stands right now, you
dis, kreteks), cigars and cig- can go in your dorm room,
arillos, hookah-smoked prod- and drink yourself into obliv-ucts,
and oral tobacco (spit ion (Part VIII Sec. A(2) Stu-and
spitless, smokeless, chew, dent Handbook), as long as
snuff). Additionally, any nic- you're over 21, but you can't
otine delivery device that enjoy an electronic cigarette,
has not been approved by the which releases nothing but
FDA for cessation is included harmless water vapor into the
in this policy. air.
Since when does the use Does that seem right to
of snuff or e-cigs affect the you?
TOBACCO FREE: FOR A SAFER ENVIRONMENT,
OR INFRINGEMENT OF
CHRIS CLAUS
BIG BROTHER
Online Editor Ihe tobacco ban that
went into effect this
August was no sur-prise
to returning students.
We heard about it for most of
the previous year. First, there
was that ridiculous "open fo-rum"
that was only quietly ad-vertised
enough to say it was
advertised, then there were
the surveys, the signs, and,
if memory serves, there was
even a letter sent out.
A smoke-free environment
sounds like a lofty goal. Even
when I used to smoke (up to
two packs a day for around 10
years), I didn't like breathing
someone else's smoke. I will
concede that there are indeed
health concerns associated
with both smoking and sec-ondhand
smoke, and that the
school grounds have looked
better than ever without cig-arette
butts littering the place.
But, none of that is at the
heart of the issue, is it?
According to the tobacco-free
campus policy, "Tobac-
Is MIMING
41100 BLACK FRIDAY
BRANDED POLO SHIRTS A GOOD USE
OF STUDENT FEES? I THINK NOT!
HOLLY DANIELS
ith the amount of chase. What's even worse, the the members of the financial
complaining that ASMSUB Vice President, Nik board get their own polos?
goes on about friv- Wong, was unhappy with how What about the publications
olous spending and increased the polos turned out and is board?
budget requests, you would now spending more time and Where does this spending
think that ASMSUB would be resources sending them back frenzy end? Will they be buy-the
last organization on cam- and having them redesigned. ing their lobbyist a Gucci suit
pus to spend money on unnec- Is the ASMSUB going to just next or a flat screen television
essary uses. Sadly, that is not eat the approximately $700 and subscription to Sports
the case. it spent on the first batch of Center for the president?
Instead of using their shirts? They might be able to I demand a complete au-funding
to do something get some of it back, but how dit into the spending habits
that benefits the students of much are they flushing down of ASMSUB and its officers,
MSUB, they seem to think - the drain all because some- but I'd also settle for a brand-that
ASMSUB branded polo body with too much "SWAG" ed polo of my own, preferably
shirts would be a good pur- wasn't happy with them? in an off-shade of navy blue.
CHRIS CLAUS
Online Editor
What's next? Different po-los
for the executive offic-es
versus the senators? Do
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FANS CAN NOW INTERACT WITH YELLOWJACKET BASKETBALL
AISU
IASI* Ming= montana State University Billings' women's and men's basketball fans can now inter-act
with home broadcasts during the game.
If you have a question or comment during a Yellowjacket home contest, you can
now e-mail the "Live at the Hive" broadcast team of Jeff Rosenberry and Jacob Letman and
your question or comment will be shared during the game.
"This is a great way for fans to get involved in the game" Rosenberry said. "We love broad-casting
the games, but we have always felt the fans could get involved more. We encourage
MSUB fans to get involved with this."
E-mails can be sent at anytime, and Rosenberry and Letman will field the e-mails during
the games.
Please send all e-mails to gamenight@msubillings.edu
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CRATTON LEADS YELLOWJACKET MEN'S WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OPEN GNAC PLAY
MSU BILLINGS
BMSASKETBALL TO WIN IN HAWAII MSUB Athletics U BIWNGS
MSUB Athletics
he Montana State Uni-versity
Billings' men's
basketball team picked
up a 67-61 win over Western
New Mexico University in the
opening game of the Naniloa
Volcanoes Resort Thanksgiv-ing
Tournament Monday.
The Yellowjackets (2-1)
were led by Jarrell Crayton's
game-high 19 points. The se-nior
finished 7-for-13 from
the field. David Arnold add-ed
10 points for MSUB. Rob-by
Trabing and Cameron Cus-worth
combined for 16 re-bounds,
with both grabbing
eight. The GNAC-leader in
assists, Kalob Hatcher, dished
out a game-high five assists.
Montana State Billings
was outshot, as WNMU fin-ished
39.2 percent from the
field, while the Yellowjackets
were 39 percent. MSU Bill-ings
had a 38-37 rebound ad-vantage.
MSUB made its last
field goal with 2:59 left in
regulation, but hit key free
throws in the final minutes.
Hatcher finished 6-for-6 from
the free-throw line.
The Mustangs held MSU
Billings to 22 percent shoot-ing
from behind the perim-eter.
WNMU made six of its
20 three-point attempts. As a
team, MSUB made 15 of its
24 free-throw attempts, com-pared
to the Western New
Mexico's 15-for-20. The Mus-tangs
also had a slim 10-8 as-sist
advantage. Montana State
Billings committed a season-high
19 turnovers, but forced
25 WNMU turnovers.
"I'm proud of how our
guys fought in the second
half" MSUB head coach Ja-mie
Stevens said. "It was just
one of those games where we
couldn't make shots. Our de-fense
kept us in the game, and
probably won it for us. With
our style of basketball, if we
don't make shots, it's diffi-cult
to win. Maybe it was the
nine hours of traveling yes-terday
that caused us to be so
cold, but we don't make ex-cuses.
We just have to go out
and play."
Western New Mexico
jumped out to a 12-5 lead to
open the game. MSU Billings
answered with an 11-2 run
over the next four minutes to
take a 16-14 lead. With the
Yellowjackets leading 22-17
with 8:22 left in the first half,
the Mustangs had their own
run ready, coming back with
a 6-0 spurt with Ryan Crane
starting the rally with a jump-er.
After the teams tied at 27
Photo by MSUB Media Relations
at the 4:43 mark of the first
half, WNMU dominated the
rest of the half, and took a 34-
28 lead into halftime. T
The Mustangs started the
second half on a 7-4 run, in-cluding
a 5-0 stretch, to give
WNMU their largest lead, 39-
30 with 18:31 to go in the
game. Trailing 41-32, the Yel-lowjackets
scored the next
nine points to tie the game at
41. MSUB continued its mo-mentum
and took a 47-44 lead
with 10:49 remaining in reg-ulation.
The game's seventh and fi-nal
tie, 53-53, came at the
6:27 mark of the second half.
Montana State Billings slow-ly
pulled away in the final six
minutes, making a decisive
12-5 run in the final six min-utes.
Western New Mexico was
led by Juan Suarez and Brelan
Berry. Both finished with 13
points. Andy Sohlich added
12 points for the Mustangs (0-
2). Chad Carter had a game-high
nine rebounds. Mer-le
Branch threw five assists.
WNMU led by as many as
nine points just into the sec-ond
half.
After winning the
2012 Yellowjack-et
Classic, the Mon-tana
State Billings women's
basketball team is geared up
and ready to enter their Great
Northwest Athletic Confer-ence
schedule this weekend.
The Yellowjackets will host
Central Washington Univer-sity
and Northwest Nazarene
University on Thursday and
Saturday.
MSUB is currently 4-2
overall and on a two game
winning streak. This past
weekend the Jackets defeat-ed
Dixie State College of
Utah 91-87 in a highly com-petitive
bout that went into
overtime on Friday, Nov. 23.
Junior guard Bobbi Knud-sen
scored a career high 33
points to go along with eight
rebounds, five assists and
three steals.
Following their game
against the Red Storm, the
Jackets put together a dom-inating
performance Satur-day,
Nov. 24 against Notre
Dame de Namur Universi-ty,
where MSUB won 80-44.
Senior guard Brooke Tolman
shot the ball well from out-side,
leading all scorers with
19 points.
Knudsen, Kayleen Gog-gins
and Tolman all received
all-tournament honors for
their efforts in the Yellow-jacket
Classic. Colorado
State University-Pueblo's
Ericka Hicks, Dixie State's
Johnna Brown, and Notre
Dame's Charnisha Bradley
had solid outings over the
weekend also earning all-tournament
selections.
Scoring 44 total points en
route to helping MSUB cap-ture
two victories; Knud-sen
was awarded the tour-nament's
most valuable play-er
award, and the Red Lion
GNAC Player-of-the-Week.
She currently leads all scor-ers
in the conference with
a 19.0 per game average.
Knudsen also leads the team
in assists with 35, and is tied
for the lead in steals with 13.
All of the Yellowjackets'
starters average eight or more
points per game, with Gog-gins
and Quinn Peoples av-eraging
12.3 and 11.5 respec-tively.
Janiel Olson continues
to remain a force on the class,
leading the team with 43 re-bounds.
Sophomore guard Annie
DePuydt has provided quality
depth in the back court, corn-ing
off the bench to average
6.5 points and 3.8 rebounds
per game.
MSUB has slightly out-rebound
their opposition this
season, grabbing 37.8 per
game compared to their oppo-nents'
36.8. The Jackets have
been tenacious on defense,
with a total of 63 steals and
forcing teams into 19.3 turn-overs
per game.
Central Washington comes
into the Magic City with a 3-2
overall record, losing their
most recent two contests. One
of their losses came at the
hands of Metropolitan State
University of Denver, who
was ranked No. 24 in the Nov.
20 USA Today Sports Divi-sion
II Top 25 national poll.
The Wildcats have a bal-anced
scoring attack with
five players averaging seven
or more points. Ally Schmitt
leads the team in scoring, tal-lying
15.2 per game, and as-sists
with 20 on the season.
She also has 27 rebounds, one
away from Amber Moser and
Jessica VanDyke who are tied
for the team lead.
Central Washington was
projected to finish seventh in
the GNAC this year, so they
will be inspired to come away
with a road victory and end
their two game losing streak.
The Yellowjackets and Wild-cats
will square off on Thurs-day,
Nov. 29 at 7:00 p.m.
After competing with Cen-
Photo by MSUB Media Relations
tral Washington, MSUB will
compete against Northwest
Nazarene on Saturday, Dec. 1
at 7:00 p.m. Northwest Naz-arene
is a very talented team,
that were picked to finish
sixth in the preseason coach-es'
poll. The Crusaders are off
to a hot 5-0 start with their
last victory coming over Met-ropolitan
State on Nov. 24.
In the Nov. 27 USA Today
Sports Division II Top nation-al
poll, Northwest Nazarene
received eight votes for con-sideration
of being ranked.
The Crusaders are also play-ing
well on the road with
three of their victories corn-ing
on their opponent's site.
MSUB will have a chal-lenge
in the backcourt, the
Crusaders' junior guards Me-gan
Hingston and Luke Chel-sie
average 16.0 and 15.6
points per game respectively.
Hingston also leads the team
in rebounding with an 8.4 per
game average.
As a team, Northwest Naz-arene
averages 70.2 points
per game with a .404 shoot-ing
percentage. On the glass
they average 47.4 rebounds,
and are active defensively av-eraging
6.8 steals per game.
One area the Yellowjackets
will look to take advantage of
is turnovers, as the Crusaders
average 17.6 per contest.
"It will be a great challenge
for our team to open GNAC
play against Central Wash-ington
and Northwest Naza-rene"
stated head coach Kev-in
Woodin. "Both teams are
off to great starts this year
and have very athletic and
talented teams. We will need
to execute on both ends of the
floor in order to come out on
top."
If Yellowjacket fans are
unable to attend these events
they can catch all of the ac-tion
live through our web
streaming link listed above.
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CORY LOVEC
Sports Writer
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TWITTER IN SPORTS PERFECT SEASON IN SIGHT:
CORY LOVEC NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL 2012-2013
Sports Writer
Ihe sporting world is
changing before our
eyes. Technology, par-ticularly
social media, has
made professional athletes,
coaches, and owners more
in touch with their fans than
ever before. Twitter, Face-book,
Skype, and other social
media websites have provided
an outlet for professional ath-letes
to voice their opinions
on certain topics - everything
from the Presidential elec-tion
to their thoughts on other
athletes. The increased popu-larity
of Twitter in the sport-ing
world is apparent when
searching "Twitter in sports"
on Google, which produces
2.89 billion results. Converse-ly,
searching "Barack Obama"
will result in only 949 million
results.
Twitter was launched July
15, 2006. In the six short years
since its inception, it has be-come
a worldwide phenome-non.
SportsCenter on ESPN
can't go longer than a few
minutes without referencing
a hash tag or reading an ath-lete's
tweet. (Sidebar, Twitter
has become so popular that
just recently a couple named
their child "Hashtag!") In-stant
access to the internet
and a way to instantaneous-ly
voice opinions combined
with the sometimes question-able
decision-making of many
athletes has allowed for some
has made for much back-tracking
and "insert foot into
mouth" moments because of
lowers. The world is watching.
So is Twitter good for
sports? Well, it does allow for
an increased fan-athlete expe-rience,
and even allows some
other figures (owners, manag-ers,
etc.) who may not get as
much notoriety as the players
an opportunity to voice their
opinions as well. One of the
downfalls? Twitter has been
involved in many famous
"sporting quarrels" between
athletes, and has also been in
a state of constant regulation;
teams (and leagues in gen-eral)
have set rules for when
athletes can tweet, prompted
by what may be the most fa-mous
Twitter-related incident
in which NBA player Char.-
lie Villanueva tweeted at the
halftime of his own basket-ball
game, referencing things
the coach said to the team
and what he himself need-ed
to do better. So, is Twitter
good for sports? The answer:
it depends on your perspec-tive.
Older people and more
traditional fans have become;
annoyed and frustrated with
this increased usage of it, not
only by the athletes but by the
networks (i.e. ESPN) as well.
However, with the populari
ity of Twitter, it is not going
anywhere, so whether or not
Twitter is "good" for sports
or not becomes a moot point.: Twitter is here to stay. 1
In what may have been
one of the more surpris-ing
moves in the NBA,
the Los Angeles Lakers fired
head coach Mike Brown only
five games into the season.
He was said to have been the
"wrong fit" for the team, and
thus a different coach who
could handle the superstar-filled
Lakers roster would
do much better. The obvious
choice for new head coach?
"Phil Jackson!" the Laker Na-tion
screamed. And as inevi-table
as that seemed, the Lak-ers
passed up on their former
cally losing head coach Mike
D'Antoni, who promised to
bring the Lakers back to the
"Showtime Lakers" of the '80s
with his high-scoring offens-es
and historically poor de-fenses.
Phil Jackson will in-stead
be watching the games
from his home. Here are a few
stats and facts about the man
the Lakers passed on:
-In 1996, Phil Jackson won
the NBA Coach of the Year
award. Surprisingly, it is the
only time he received the
award in his distinguished
career.
ents were both Assembly of
God ministers, and it was as-sumed
that when he grew up
he would be the same.
•Phil Jackson has the best
winning percentage of any
coach in NBA history (.704),
and also has won the most
NBA Titles of any coach in
history, with 11 rings (5 with
the Lakers, 6 with the Bulls.)
•Jackson was also the coach
for the Bulls when they set
the record for regular sea-son
wins in a season, when in
1995-1996 the Bulls went 72-
10; the next season, the Bulls
went 69-13, making this the
best two-year stretch in NBA
history as well.
-As a player from 1967-
1980, Jackson accomplished
much for himself. He was a
two-time NBA Champion
(1970 and 1973 with the New
York Knicks).
-Including his days as a
player, Phil Jackson holds the
distinction of having the most
Located in South Bend,
Indiana, Notre Dame
is an independent
football program that com-petes
at the NCAA Foot-ball
Bowl Subdivision. The
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
have had a rich tradition of
winning football, including
13 national championships -
second to Alabama out of all
FBS schools post-1900 and
third all-time behind Princ-eton
and Yale. Notre Dame
has also had a record seven
different Heisman Trophy
recipients, along with a re-cord
96 consensus All-Amer-icans,
and 32 unanimous
All-Americans. Notre Dame
has also done well sending
their players into the NFL,
in which there are 10 Notre
Dame alumni who have been
elected to the Hall of Fame -
most notably Joe Montana -
and 56 former alum who are
currently playing. Yes, Notre
Dame has been a very good
football program to say the
least. However, this histor-ically
relevant program has
not really been so in the
past twenty years, and the
school's last championship
was in 1988.
Many wonder if Notre
Dame could ever come back
into relevance, especially
with the current BCS system
in place in the NCAA. Notre
Dame does not play in a con-ference,
and thus cannot be
recognized as a "conference
champion!" Also, there has
NBA Championships total,
with 13 (two more than the
next closest Bill Russell, who
won 11 rings with the Celtics
as a player.)
-Jackson has had the luxu-ry
of coaching three of what
most people consider to be top
ten players all-time (or at least
top 20): Michael Jordan, Sha-quille
O'Neal, and Kobe Bry-ant;
between the three players,
they have won 11 NBA Finals
MVPs, 7 NBA regular season
MVPs, 14 scoring champion
titles, rookie of the year, de-been
less draw to
the school lately be-cause
they have been
a mostly average-at-
best team, so the
"big-name" prospects
out of high school
have turned to oth-er
schools - specif-ically
those in the
Southeastern Conference
(SEC), which has been a ma-jor
powerhouse in the col-lege
football ranks for a de-cade.
There have been many
times in that same decade
that Notre Dame was project-ed
to do quite well, and were
nationally ranked, but ended
up faltering throughout the
year and disappointing many
fans. A prime example of this
was last year, when some ac-tually
thought the Irish could
go undefeated. After a dis-appointing
series of several
close losses, the Irish fell out
of the eye of the nation, and
this year they were not even
ranked in the preseason Top-
25 Associated Press Poll.
This has been the revela-tion
year for the Irish. Tough,
close games and come-from-behind
victories (specifically
the game against Pittsburgh)
have been the hallmark of
the 2012-2013 Fighting Irish.
They survived - dominated,
really - what most thought
would be a tough game or loss
against a very good Oklaho-ma
team, then played a se-ries
of very exciting games
(nationally televised on NBC,
of course) including the sea-son
finale against rival USC,
which began the year as the
preseason #1 in the AP Poll.
Although the success of
this team and all-time great-ness
of it cannot be fully de-termined
until the outcome
of the BCS Title game is de-cided,
this team has been
fensive player of the year, and
went to a combined 43 all-star
games.
-Jackson was passed down
multiple times when trying to
become an NBA head coach.
The reason is assumed to be
that he had a reputation for be-ing
sympathetic to the coun-terculture
during his playing
years, which NBA teams did
not necessarily want to asso-ciate
with.
-In 2002 and 2010 the Unit-ed
States Sports Academy
awarded Jackson the Amos
placed by many as one of the
best teams in school history.
Simply the fact that they sur-prised
everyone (let's be hon-est,
even Irish fans didn't ex-pect
this at the beginning of
the year) and just kept finding
ways to win football games
places them near the top of
the list. Manti T'eo, an inspir-ing
and excellent leader and
linebacker for the Irish, is in-volved
in what most consid-er
to be a "two horse" race
for the Heisman Trophy with
Texas A&M freshman quar-terback
Johnny "Football"
Manziel. Te'o has excelled
in all facets of the game this
year, and has the intangibles,
spirit, and leadership that
coaches dream about. Indi-vidually,
Te'o has 103 tack-les,
7 interceptions (second
in the nation, as a linebacker
no less), two fumble recover-ies,
and 11 pass defenses. As a
team, Notre Dame is the num-ber
one defense in the nation
in many different categories.
To make his story even more
amazing, Te'o has captured
the heart of the nation by re-turning
to Notre Dame and
leading them on this glorious
journey even after the loss of
both his girlfriend and grand-mother.
In terms of what the
trophy is about, there is no
other more deserving player
to receive it. If Notre Dame
does indeed win the Nation-al
Championship, and Manti
Te'o can take home the Heis-man
Trophy, it would finish
what may be the storybook
tale of the decade. So, love
them or hate them, there is
no doubt that having Notre
Dame in the National Cham-pionship
game is sure to in-crease
the attention surround-ing
the game.
Alonzo Stagg Coaching
Award.
-Jackson is known for his
use of the so-called "trian-gle
offense" as well as a ho-listic
approach to coaching
that he has stated as being in-fluenced
by Eastern philoso-phy;
this has earned him the
nickname "Zen Master." He
is considered to be one of the
best people in history to han-dle
"superstar" athletes and
their stereotypically egotisti-cal
and strong-willed
R Twitter. The problem? Once
a comment is in cyberspace,
it's never really gone. Also, as
NBA All-Star Baron Davis
(@barondavis) said, "It's all
you, so there's not manipulat-ing
the message." Davis is a
proponent of Twitter because
he feels like there can be a
stronger connection between
he and his fans, and that the
"real" Baron Davis can voice
his opinion without the media
filtering what they want the
world to see.
So how is Twitter affect-ing
sports? Well for one thing,
it changes how fans view
sports. A recent study showed
that 83% of sports fans mon-itor
social media sites while
watching games on TV, and
63% do so while watching
live events. More than 9,400
people per second tweet-ed
about Tim Tebow after he
threw the overtime touch-down
pass to knock out the
Steelers in last season's NFL
Playoffs. Jeremy Lin gained
more than 550,000 followers
in a single month while tak-ing
the NBA by storm just last
year (the "Linsanity" craze).
The sheer statistics involving
Twitter are amazing. Cristia-no
Ronaldo (winger for Read
Madrid soccer) is the most-followed
athlete on Twitter,
with roughly 14.7 million fol-lowers.
Real Madrid midfield-er
Kaka is next in line, with
roughly 15.5 million fol-lowers,
followed by Lebron
James with 6.6 million fol-
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Sports Writer
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OUTDOORS
FOREST SERVICE CABINS OFFER A GREAT TIME ON A COLLEGE STUDENT'S BUDGET
Outdoors Writer
Ihe warmth and
cheer of our danc-ing
fire fought back
the surrounding darkness
of the forest, tangible in
its completeness. The four
of us sat there, giggling
and chatting, our poofs of
marshmallows growing
brown over the heat, as the
wizened grandmothers of
the forest, the mighty pines,
creaked their old bones
around us.
I, the English major in-terested
in words of the past,
had the log book from our
cabin propped open on my
lap. As I read aloud the best
snippets, my breath and the
smoke from our fire rose to
mingle with the stars.
"We came as men, but
left about 2 1/2 days older!"
"We loved the feeling of
peace and seclusion that is
offered here." "Saw bigfoot
and a thunderbird outside
the cabin—can't remem-ber
if it was before or after
we drank the bottle of jager.
Maybe after..." "Montana
rocks!" "This place will al-ways
be beautiful."
Then there are our pag-es,
immortalizing our stay
forever.
Despite the fact that we
took our trip in late Novem-ber,
complete with a light
covering of feathery snow,
our pages are lined with
all the traditional camp
activities: fishing, hiking,
campfires, playing on rope
swings. Because of the
weather, we also detailed
board games in the chill of
night, ice-skating on a fro-zen
section of the river, and
a snowball fight.
Although our stay at
West Bridger Station in
the Gallatin National For-est
lasted but a few days,
it will linger in my memo-ry,
and the memories of my
friends who joined me, for
ages to come.
This adventure and all
the fun that comes with it
can be had by anyone who
logs on to www.recreation.
gov and looks at all the
beautiful cabins and fire
outlooks Montana has to
offer. While the site also
provides camp sites made
for tents, the structures that
it has to offer make win-ter
camping possible, even
for those who simply dread
the cold. Over 100 cab-ins
are scattered through-out
the national forests of
Montana; thus, you can
choose if you want to stay
close to home or make a
cross-state trip. This web-site
is extremely informa-tive
about the cabins, list-ing
what equipment is sup-plied
and what you'll need
to bring. This enables you
to decide between a vaca-tion
of roughing it or one of
luxury.
The cabins range from
primitive and non-electric
to fully equipped and able
to sleep 30 people. They
even offer towering, 40-
foot historic fire outlooks
once used by firefighters.
We chose a middle-of-the-line
cabin, complete with
electricity, a wood burn-ing
stove for heat, and even
an oven. Although we did
not have running water or
an inside toilet, our cab-in
did have four beds, all
the cooking gear we could
have wanted, and plenty of
games to keep us occupied.
All of these cabins are
maintained by the Forest
Service of Montana who
you must call beforehand
to receive the code for your
cabin. When I called my
Forest Service representa-tive,
she not only gave me
my code but advised me
of the road conditions, in-formed
me of activities in
the area, and told me where
the best hiking trails were.
The best part of these
cabins, especially for the
clique "poor college stu-dent"
is the price. A four-person
cabin costs between
25 to 35 dollars a night,
which is perfect for a group
of friends or a family out-ing.
Even if you want to
take the whole gang, their
largest 30-person cabin
only costs 75 dollars per
night. With prices this low
you can afford a weekend
outing with your friends,
as we did, but you can also
pack up your family and
kids and introduce the lit-tle
ones to all the outdoor
beauty Montana has to of-fer.
"I've been looking for
a place to rent for Christ-mas
this year" says Ashley
Hickert, an English educa-tion
major at Montana State
University Billings. "These
cabins are the right price
for a great holiday."
The price, numerous lo-cations,
the ease of cold-weather
camping, and of
course the fun make the
Forest Service cabins in
Montana a perfect place for
your next outdoor adven-by.
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